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

When volcanic eruptions make headlines, the images often depict fiery lava and towering ash clouds. But beneath Antarctica’s ...

Convection processes beneath Venus' scorched surface may help explain the planet's many volcanoes, a new study reports.

The Pacific Northwest has no shortage of natural wonders, but this 620-foot masterpiece stands quite literally above the rest ...

Venus may be far more geologically alive than anyone expected. New research suggests its outer crust could be churning with ...

It churns, burning hot. Nothing and no one has ever travelled to the centre of the Earth. Its immense energy rises upwards, ...

The Hadean protocrust formation and early plate tectonics challenged by new study, questioning geological assumptions.

Multnomah Falls isn’t just another pretty cascade in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge – it’s the state’s tallest waterfall and a ...

The University of Hawaii astronomer’s interest in habitable worlds began at a geothermal field in Iceland, where she and a ...

With multiple islands in its interior, Loki is a depression filled with magma and rimmed with molten lava. Click for video. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS The specular reflection our instruments ...