Scientists have collaborated to analyze the inner workings of Bolivia's 'zombie' volcano, Uturuncu. By combining seismology, physics models and analysis of rock composition, researchers identify the ...

When we think of ice on Mars, we typically think of the poles, where we can see it visibly through probes and even ground-based telescopes. But the poles are hard to access, and even more so given the ...

Chinese researchers have reported evidence that the Moon was volcanically active just 125 million years ago — a geologic blink of an eye — a finding that has the potential to rewrite lunar history.

Guatemala's Fuego Volcano has intensified, triggering evacuations near Antigua. Learn how the eruption is affecting travel, ...

Over millions of years, the Earth’s upper layers have performed a dance that has created mountains, volcanoes, continents, ridges and ocean trenches. Tectonic plates play a key role in this process.

Over 3,000 years ago, the eruption of Santorini’s volcano ended an ancient civilization. Scientists may know what the next big explosion could look like. A man looks out across the Santorini caldera ...

Simon Carn, a world authority on satellite-powered analysis of global volcanic activity, is the winner of the 2024 Michigan Technological University Research Award. Carn has scaled many mountains ...

From the very beginnings of human civilization, people have had to defend themselves from neighboring tribes and crusaders who sought to plunder other communities of their people and resources. No ...