Volcanoes have stirred human awe for thousands of years, with their bursts of fire and rivers of molten rock. Yet, beyond the ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has revealed new clues about Mars' volcanic past. While most people searching for signs of alien ...

While volcanoes have brought profound changes to landscapes here on Earth, volcanic activity on other planets and moons has followed a different path. It's easy to imagine space volcanoes as even more ...

Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) just released some new snapshots from its Mars Express orbiter that detail the dynamic ...

Convection processes beneath Venus' scorched surface may help explain the planet's many volcanoes, a new study reports. Venus, the hottest planet in the solar system, is estimated to have 85,000 ...

In fact, volcanoes and other surface features on the planet clearly exhibit signs of melting. The researchers' modeling suggests that the crust is hot and thick enough to support convection ...

Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing over a period of roughly 30 million years, but that would come to a halt ...

Volcanoes are fascinating natural wonders that have both awed and frightened humans for centuries. But could these fiery giants hold the key to cooling our warming planet? It may sound like ...

The area around Kanlaon Volcano in the Philippines was still under evacuation orders from an eruption in December​.