Volcano

Decoding the 1,800km-long cloud on Mars.

The cloud formed above the Arsia Mons volcano before dawn, then expanded at speeds up to 600 km/h before dissipating.

The 'world's most useless' volcano: Turned into a cooking stove for locals.

Monte Busca is considered to have completely lost its 'volcanic pride'.

Life erupts from volcanic 'mud soup'

The seafloor's struggle to recover from Tonga's 2022 Hunga eruption is real—but tiny marine pioneers are returning, slowly transforming the grey plains into a vibrant la…

Where is the largest volcano in the Solar System?

Mount Olympus on Mars is the largest mountain in the Solar System and is believed to be the tallest of the eight planets.

Mysterious object appears on the crater

Some scientists hope to better understand the volcano's activity by learning how the circular smoke rings that hover above it form.

Amazing facts about the Challenger Deep, the deepest place on Earth

Just as the Earth's land surface has huge peaks and valleys, the ocean world has similarly varied terrain.

Unexpected discovery on moon of 'potentially habitable' planet

If signs of Pluto's underground ocean have some scientists hopeful of life, the underground ocean in its moon Charon is a paradoxical hell.

NASA's 'Ninth Planet' Shows Signs of Being Friendly to Life

1,000m tall 'strange object' emerges off California coast

The Saildrone Surveyor ocean mapping mission has discovered a giant, hot, strange object unlike anything seen on Earth before.

Mud Volcano in Indonesia - A Devastating Natural Disaster from Both Natural Force and Human Greed

Mud volcanoes form when a combination of mud, liquids, and gases erupts onto the Earth's surface.

UAE spacecraft takes photos of the solar system's largest volcano

The UAE's Hope probe sent back its first image of Mars days after successfully entering orbit around the planet.

Japan develops breakthrough medicine from... volcano crater

A new drug that promises to save millions of lives is being developed based on a discovery made half a century ago in a crater in Cameroon.

There is a 130,000 year gap in human evolutionary history, so what happened during this period?

This 130,000 year period in human evolutionary history is considered a fossil error and no one can explain exactly what happened to humans during this time.

Supervolcano awakening could cause global chaos

A massive supervolcano in Italy is at risk of erupting again. Scientists are scrambling to find out whether recent signs are a sign of an imminent catastrophic event.

Red hot lava flowing on snow causes confusion

An Icelandic photographer posted footage on social media showing lava from the Sundhnúkagígar volcano flowing through snow without evaporating.