A giant mound near the Moon’s south pole appears to be a volcanic structure unlike any other found on the lunar surface, according to new research. The formation, known as Mafic Mound, stands about ...

A new instrument type has discovered evidence of a volcanic process on the Moon that had only been seen on Earth. “Before the 1950’s, most scientists thought the craters on the Moon were from ...

In a major discovery scientists has revealed new secrets about Europe's most active volcano "Mount Etna". Mount Etna has long puzzled geologists because it doesn't fit any of the ways volcanoes are ...

When a volcano erupts, it can spew ash high into the atmosphere—inserting aerosols right where clouds typically form. How exactly these aerosols impact cloud formation has long been a mystery to ...

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Caldera formation arises when large volumes of magma are evacuated from a sub-surface reservoir, leading to gravitational collapse of the overlying rock into the evacuated space. The process begins ...

The origin story of Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland has just been revised, though sadly the ancient battling titans of folklore still don't appear to have been involved. Thanks to cutting-edge ...