For decades, the prevailing theory behind the mass extinction that ended the reign of the dinosaurs has pointed to a ...

When you think of Iceland, the image of serene landscapes with sprawling glaciers and fiery volcanoes might come to mind. But ...

Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing ...

Future missions to Venus could also supply additional data on the density and temperature of the planet's crust, which could ...

Jan. 10, 2025 — A new study based on the sampling and analysis of volcanic ash at Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands, located off Africa's northwest coast, suggests that the composition ...

When Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai, an underwater volcano near Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean, erupted in 2022, scientists ...

A volcanic fissure has opened up near the town of Grindavík on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula following a significant uptick ...

a group of bacteria capable of photosynthesis," said Professor Eiichi Tajika from the Department of Earth and Planetary Science at the University of Tokyo. "It likely took some massive geological ...

A 2022 satellite photo shows smoke rising from a caldera on Tofua, highlighting the "looming threat" of the volcanic island.

Venus, however, is a different story. Its crust is thicker—anywhere from 30 to 90 kilometers—and its surface is extremely hot ...

What can a sample return mission from Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io, teach scientists about planetary and satellite (moon) ...

Mount Spurr has been showing signs of an eruption since last year, but scientists think one is even more imminent.