Solar System
Sep 26 2008, Reshmi

A pinkish tract of bedrock on the eastern shore of Canada’s Hudson Bay contains the oldest known rocks on Earth, formed 4.28 billion years ago, not long after the planet was formed, scientists said on Thursday.
The rocks may be remnants of Earth’s...

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