New research from Rice University suggests that the giant planet Jupiter reshaped the early solar system in dramatic ways, ...

A VOLCANO thought to be dead has roared into life and risen from the ground – sparking fears of its first eruption for ...

Researchers at Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology are monitoring signals of magma movement within the ...

New research reveals the Moon's colossal South Pole-Aitken basin was formed by an asteroid striking from the north, not the ...

The gravitational interaction between the Earth and Moon has led to one hemisphere of the Moon being locked facing away from ...

The deficit of this isotope is now thought to mean that some of the oldest rocks on Earth are actually remnants of our planet ...

A new study reveals that the largest lunar crater, South Pole-Aitken basin, was formed by an oblique impact that shaped the ...

Ryugu’s samples reveal that water activity on asteroids lasted far longer than scientists thought, possibly reshaping ...

Some predict the glaciers will vanish in two centuries, which could upset the volcanoes below, causing them to erupt more frequently, more violently or both ...

Geologists call it the Yellowstone Hotspot, and they have concluded, by analyzing the chemical composition and ages of rocks ...

A volcano in southern Iran thought to have been extinct for some 710,000 years has stirred. New research published Oct. 7 in ...

Stretching like a colossal spine along western South America, the Andes stand as the world's longest mountain range. It spans ...