Volcanoes are one of nature’s most awe-inspiring creations, giant mountains ejecting red hot lava that are both beautiful and deadly. We recently explored why volcanoes are so astounding, but, did you ...

Extensive geologic evidence of ancient volcanic activity can be found on the moon, but how long this volcanism persisted has been unclear. However, Prof. Li Qiuli's Lab at the Institute of Geology and ...

Fresh evidence of volcanic activity on Mars is reshaping how scientists think about the planet’s potential to host life, past or present. Instead of a cold, geologically dead world, Mars increasingly ...

Computer-generated view of surface of the planet Venus dominated by Maat Mons, a massive Venusian volcano. Venus is very similar to Earth if one looks at the planet's size, its mass, chemical ...

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The first samples from the farside of the moon contain signs of surprising volcanic activity near the lunar south pole. Two separate analyses of lunar rocks brought to Earth by China’s Chang’e-6 ...

There were volcanic eruptions on the Moon as recently as 120 million years ago, according to a new analysis of a lunar sample collected by the Chang’e‑5 mission. Samples collected by the Apollo, Luna ...