Deep beneath the waves of the Pacific Ocean, nearly a mile underwater, one of the most fascinating volcanoes in the world is ...

Axial Seamount sits at a geological crossroads, fueling some of the most intense undersea action in the region.

One of the Pacific Ocean’s lesser-known volcanoes will blow its vent in the coming months, causing 10,000 earthquakes in one ...

Instead of heat surging up from the Earth’s guts, what’s really lifting the land is what’s missing above it: water. As ...

Professor Carsten Münker at the University of Cologne is among seven international researchers to receive samples of soil and rocks from the Chinese Chang’e-5 mission, which returned to Earth five ...

The team's results indicate that the parent magma of these basalts contains 15 to 168 mcg per gram of water. Additionally, the team estimated that the mantle source of the Chang'e 6 basalts has a ...

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A surprising discovery on the Moon could provide crucial insight into the planet’s early history. The South Pole-Aitken Basin ...

A giant impact crater on the moon may contain primordial pieces of the lunar mantle and remnants of an ancient magma ocean, ...

This geographical phenomenon, known as the Eastern African Rift (EARS), is believed to have initiated around 22 million years ...

An underwater volcano 300 miles off the coast of Oregon is displaying signs of a potential eruption, UW researchers found.