These massive eruptions released vast amounts of sulfur dioxide, blocking sunlight and causing global cooling for a short period of time.

Due to its rusty red appearance caused by iron oxide in its soil, Mars has always been known as the Red Planet. However, ...

The name "Mount Washburn" was given to the field of rocks in honor of a mountain ... While the blue rocks are primarily volcanic basalt, which is typical of Martian terrain, NASA concluded that ...

When Elon Musk finally manages to land a human craft on one of the moons of Jupiter, the pictures that come back will ...

Ignis Energy is set to conduct detailed exploration work at geothermal sites in Nevada and California, further expanding an ...

The Italian authorities carried out a drill of their plan to save a half-million people from toxic fumes, deadly quakes or a ...

Geologists can use cosmic rays from outer space to piece together the timing of past geologic events, like volcanic eruptions ...

In Germany’s Eifel region, viewing the power of volcanic forces doesn’t require a school lesson, just a visit to the placid city of Mendig. Beneath the surface lies a network of basalt caves ...

Known in English as the Phlegraean Fields, the area is home to a complex network of calderas, craters and fumaroles that combine to create a natural but deeply hostile territory of volcanic activity.

A hiker's pack usually gets lighter over time as they plow through trail mix and water, but Annika Dechert likes to joke that ...

Volcanic basalt stones with an azure tinge were photographed ... It remains a mystery as to how the white rock in a blue boulder field was at the site, but scientists speculated that its mineral ...

NASA has released the clearest view of Mars seen thus far, with a field of blue rocks seen on the Martian landscape on top of an ancient lake.