Venus, the hottest planet in the solar system, is estimated to have 85,000 volcanoes, based on radar images from NASA's 1989 ...

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

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

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

A proposed Mars helicopter mission would search for signs of life, water and future human footholds in a vast volcanic canyon ...

There’s a remote island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean that most people have never heard of. Once part of the Russian ...

Learn what you should do if you live near an active volcano and how to stay safe before and after an eruption.

Io is an incredibly active and extreme place, with glistening lava lakes and volcanic eruptions shooting sulfur and magma to huge heights.

This Tuesday, 1st April, in the south-west of Iceland, the volcano Sundhnúkagígar erupted, resulting in a massive fissure in ...

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