A new study analyzes three asteroid and two meteorite samples to see if space rocks smacking into Earth could’ve helped kickstart life.

Hidden in the Pacific, two very different volcanoes are forcing scientists to rethink what counts as “biggest.” Tamu Massif, ...

Geology, characterized as the study of the Earth, its layers, and its minerals, has shaped the Imperial Valley for millions ...

Research shows Mars volcanoes erupted as recently as 50 million years ago, with underground magma chambers that cooked for 9 million years.

The Bandera Volcano Ice Cave in New Mexico is a stunning and rare natural phenomenon that has remained frozen for over 3,000 ...

Kilauea has been erupting episodically within the summit caldera since Dec. 23, 2024. Its USGS Volcano Alert level is WATCH.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient underwater volcanoes may explain why marine life repeatedly collapsed during the Triassic, according to new geological ...

“Volcano Watch” articles over the past two weeks have described past episodic lava fountaining eruptions at Kilauea Iki (1959) and Maunaulu (1969). Next week, we will continue this series with a ...

Do you know that the Cascade Range is also known as the Cascade Mountains or Cascadian Mountains? It extends for more than 1,100 kilometres and stretches from southern British Columbia through ...

Hawaii's Kīlauea volcano spewed lava nearly 1,400 feet into the sky during an eruption that ended early Christmas Eve morning, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported. The eruption, captured live ...

Did you know there are at least 1,350 active volcanoes around the world, and roughly 20 active volcanic eruptions on any given day? While many of them occur deep under the ocean – most volcanoes are ...

At the heart of nearly every galaxy lurks a cosmic giant: a supermassive black hole. These mysterious objects, millions to billions of times more massive than our Sun, exert such powerful gravity that ...