A fiery mystery has puzzled geologists for decades: where did the lava fueling one of Earth’s largest volcanic events come from? A new study may finally have the answer. Scientists have long believed ...

The Beemerville Volcano gets its name from a section of Wantage, but also is known as Rutan Hill. Space Farms Zoo and Museum, ...

Venus is often called Earth's "sister planet" because of their similarities in size, mass, and composition. Both are rocky ...

Scientists have proposed a new explanation for Venus' giant, crown-shaped geological features, known as coronae.

Scientists have mapped what are essentially the bones, blood vessels and nervous system of a "zombie volcano" to develop a comprehensive look inside. The Bolivian volcano Uturuncu hasn't erupted for ...

Deep in California’s desert, where the Salton Sea sits 226 feet below sea level, five volcanic domes rise like ancient guardians from the barren landscape. These are the Salton Buttes, and they ...

While volcanoes have brought profound changes to landscapes here on Earth, volcanic activity on other planets and moons has followed a different path. It's easy to imagine space volcanoes as even more ...

American Samoa is a United States territory which comprises the easternmost islands of a volcanic island chain formed by the Samoan hotspot in the South Pacific Ocean. Its small islands are the tops ...

A 2014 astronaut photo shows a pair of volcanic lakes appearing to stare up into space from the Chiltepe Peninsula of ...