Its many volcanoes are why Iceland is also known as the Land of Fire and Ice. There are two main reasons why Iceland is a ...

Olympus Mons, on the planet of Mars, is the largest and youngest volcano in the solar system. Found in the Tharsis Montes region near the Martian equator, it is one of a dozen large volcanoes, many of ...

Near the woodsy high desert town of Bend, Oregon, winter brings an abundance of light, dry snow to the slopes of the Eastern ...

Mars was a frigid, dry, dead world, just like it is now. Something slammed into the unfortunate planet, sending debris into ...

Researchers already knew that volcanoes were active on the near side of the Moon during a similar period, but these new findings expand our understanding of lunar geology. The results were ...

Sep. 24, 2024 — A mysterious type of iron-rich magma entombed within extinct volcanoes is likely abundant with rare earth elements and could offer a new way to source these in-demand metals ...

Examination of the Easter hotspot reveals it as part of a vast, deep-seated mantle system, influencing seafloor spreading and shaping the Pacific Ocean, which challenges the view of hotspots as ...