A vast underground tunnel known as a lava tube, formed from ancient volcanic activity, has been discovered Venus.

As nations posture over access to rare earth deposits, scientists say these coveted materials are hiding in plain sight – and ...

Baby stars, teenage planets, and disappearing icebergs are all featured this week. Plus, a look back at a New Horizons image of Jupiter and Io, and a strange, elongated cloud on Mars.

Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to forecast major eruptions? So far, the opportunity has been lacking. VEI-7 eruptions are rare: we have not seen one since Tambora in April 1815. To make a right ...

What appears to be a single volcanic eruption is often the result of complex processes operating deep beneath the surface, ...

A research group has revealed through seismic wave analysis that the oceanic plate beneath the Ontong Java Plateau—the ...

A hidden “tear” beneath the continents may have been fueling oceanic volcanoes for millions of years, study reveals.

Do you know that the Cascade Range is also known as the Cascade Mountains or Cascadian Mountains? It extends for more than 1,100 kilometres and stretches from southern British Columbia through ...

More than a million giant skate eggs are discovered incubating in the heat of an underwater Pacific Ocean volcano.

Olympus Mons is a giant volcano on Mars. It is the tallest mountain in space. It is almost three times higher than Mount Everest. It shows us how amazing the rocks and land on Mars can be. Olympus ...

These figures stood in stark contrast to those the visitors had seen in the exquisite painting of a Dionysian initiation at a recent party in an opulent seaside villa. Holding a wine glass in one hand ...