The European Space Agency (ESA) just released some new snapshots from its Mars Express orbiter that detail the dynamic ...

Convection processes beneath Venus' scorched surface may help explain the planet's many volcanoes, a new study reports.

Earth boasts more than 1,500 potentially active volcanoes, with 50 to 70 erupting every year. But why is our planet so volcanically active? The answer lies in plate tectonics, the movement of divided ...

Venus—a hot planet pocked with tens of thousands of volcanoes—may be even more geologically active near its surface than previously thought. New calculations by researchers at Washington University in ...

Venus may be far more geologically alive than anyone expected. New research suggests its outer crust could be churning with ...

In fact, volcanoes and other surface features on the planet clearly exhibit signs of melting. The researchers' modeling suggests that the crust is hot and thick enough to support convection ...

The area around Kanlaon Volcano in the Philippines was still under evacuation orders from an eruption in December​.

A 2022 satellite photo shows smoke rising from a caldera on Tofua, highlighting the "looming threat" of the volcanic island.

When Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai, an underwater volcano near Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean, erupted in 2022, scientists ...

Convection processes beneath Venus' scorched surface may help explain the planet's many volcanoes, a new study reports. Venus, the hottest planet in the solar system, is estimated to have 85,000 ...