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

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

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

Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...

The Alaskan Volcano Observatory has shared new images of plumes of gas streaming out of Mount Spurr, which scientists suspect ...

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

Now, scientists have a new theory about what fuels the extensive volcanic activity: Convection within the planet's crust. Using new fluid dynamic modeling, researchers show that Venus' crust could ...

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

A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.

Tourists and residents have been evacuated as a volcano erupted in south-west Iceland, threatening a town and popular ...