Earth's continents may look fixed on a globe, but they've been drifting, splitting and reforming over billions of years—and ...

Rivers of lava spewed from a fissure in the mountainside, snaking downwards and erupting in fountains of red and gold molten rock when the Fagradalsfjall volcano erupted this week in a fishing ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. In Iceland, you can’t just have a stunning lake. No, it also has to ...

AlbertoLoyo / Getty Images. Part of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in Oregon, the Painted Hills are smooth, colorful hills composed of volcanic ash. The striking blood-red layers are ...

A rare Martian meteorite, NWA 16254, is providing scientists with a groundbreaking look into Mars’ volcanic past. This discovery has revealed complex volcanic processes and new clues about the ...

Rivers of lava spewed from a fissure in the mountainside, snaking downwards and erupting in fountains of red and gold molten rock when the Fagradalsfjall volcano erupted this week in a fishing ...

At first glance, it might seem like an ordinary hunk of stone, but this particular rock just got snapped up for a mere AU$8.2 million.

Mars Rover Snaps Images Of Mysterious Rocks Caused By Violent Volcanic Eruptions On Red Planet by Tim Sweezy — Monday, May 02, 2022, 10:58 AM EDT Comments ...

A suspected Martian underground lake is probably volcanic rock masquerading as water, according to a new study. In 2018, researchers found evidence that the Red Planet's southern pole might have ...

But now, new research seems to answer that question -- and maybe many others. More than 3 billion years ago, extreme volcanic eruptions on Mars dropped the huge deposit near the Martian equator ...