A volcano in the Pacific Ocean is making headlines as it shows signs of forming a new island. This geological phenomenon provides a unique opportunity for scientists to observe island formation in ...

A new instrument type has discovered evidence of a volcanic process on the Moon that had only been seen on Earth. “Before the 1950’s, most scientists thought the craters on the Moon were from ...

Life has a way of bouncing back, even after catastrophic events like forest fires or volcanic eruptions. While nature's ...

A giant mound near the Moon’s south pole appears to be a volcanic structure unlike any other found on the lunar surface, according to new research. The formation, known as Mafic Mound, stands about ...

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is part of the U.S. Geological Survey, the science agency of the U.S. Department of Interior. Our job is to obtain and share science-based information about the ...

The young man was found dead in a small room near the entrance to the Hall of the Augustales, a civic order of freedmen, a bit like a freemason lodge. Perhaps he was a security guard. He’s been ...

Remote sensing of volcanoes and volcanic processes: integrating observations and modelling -- introduction / D.M. Pyle, T.A. Mather and J. Biggs -- Applicability of InSAR to tropical volcanoes: ...

An accumulation of weak to moderate earthquakes has been recorded around the Greek island of Santorini since 24 January. The seismic activity is concentrated in the area between the islands of ...

A large mass of granite, located beneath the Compton and Belkovich craters on the Moon, has been slowly emitting heat for billions of years. The heat detected is not from an active volcanic eruption ...