Finding widens selection of rocky planets that may once have been habitable ...

New research reveals that Mars once had rivers of magma beneath its crust, increasing the likelihood of past habitability and ...

Kilauea’s shallow magma chamber is swelling toward a tipping point, and the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory expects the ...

An island could form in the Bismarck Sea, north of Papua New Guinea, as a new underwater volcano erupts close to the surface.

Earth contains more than enough heat to power humanity many times over, but so far only a few lucky places have been able to ...

Bathymetry of a known caldera, Niuatahi, in the Tongan archipelago. (NOAA Vents Program) Deep beneath the ocean waves, dangers lurk. Not from cryptic monsters like the kraken, but from powerful forces ...

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A newly discovered underwater volcanic eruption north of Papua New Guinea is unfolding in one of the world's most poorly mapped ocean basins. Satellites have spotted steam plumes, ash, thermal ...

Satellites have detected an underwater eruption in the Bismarck Sea, potentially forming a new island. The event offers a rare chance to study submarine volcanism in real time.

A person standing on the largest volcano in the solar system would never know it. Olympus Mons rises 70,000 feet over Mars on slopes too gentle to notice, and its summit pokes above most of the planet ...

Volcanoes have shaped some of the world's most productive landscapes, leaving behind fertile soils, natural harbours and landscapes that have supported communities for centuries. The same geological ...

On the night of the 26th, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 occurred in Yamanashi Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. Local Japanese media and others are p ...