How do volcanoes work? What happens beneath their surface? What causes the vibrations—known as tremor—that occur when magma ...

A volcano in southern Iran thought to have been extinct for some 710,000 years has stirred. New research published Oct. 7 in ...

For decades, the colossal Taftan volcano of eastern Iran appeared a lifeless piece of history. It towered nearly 13,000 feet ...

Researchers at Mainz University identified volcanic tremors caused by the movement of magma. What really happens inside a ...

Massive volcanic eruptions billions of years ago may have made it snow on Mars, leaving thick buried ice near the planet’s ...

Young Mars would have been a staggering place to explore. The Red Planet was covered in flowing rivers of both water and lava. At the time, a series of four volcanoes — Olympus Mons and the three ...

A study reveals the existence of pockets of magma beneath the volcanoes of the Cascade Range, with no signs of imminent eruptions.

(THE CONVERSATION) People have long wondered what life was first like on Earth, and if there is life in our solar system beyond our planet. Scientists have reason to believe that some of the moons in ...

Satellite imagery capturing a mysterious thermal anomaly on top of an unexplored volcano at the ends of the Earth sparked excitement among scientists in 2018. Due to the island's remote location and ...

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New research suggests that this mystery platinum signature underneath the Greenland ice sheet may have originated from a ...

Olympus Mons, a shield volcano on Mars, is the largest volcano in the solar system, measuring approximately 370 miles in diameter and 26 kilometers in height. The formation of Olympus Mons and three ...