Washington, DC— Our galaxy’s most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between ...

The African continent is gradually splitting apart. Although a new ocean is expected to form as a result, it won't be for millions of years.

Scientists have long wondered how volcanoes formed in central Anatolia despite being far from tectonic plate borders—now they've found evidence of a hot plume of magma flowing from East Africa. Riders ...

Earth's 'Boring Billion' created the conditions for complex life to exist, report scientists at the universities of Sydney ...

For the first time, scientists have directly witnessed a subduction zone -- the place where one tectonic plate plunges beneath another -- in the midst ...

Researchers traced tremor signals deep inside Tanzania’s Oldoinyo Lengai volcano, pinpointing their 3D locations for the ...

Scientists have warned that the Taftan volcano, which has been sleeping for 700,000 years, has started showing signs of ...

A VOLCANO thought to be dead has roared into life and risen from the ground – sparking fears of its first eruption for ...

Ancient explosive volcanic eruptions on Mars could help explain mysterious hints of buried ice from the Red Planet's equator, ...

How to predict when Ruapehu might next erupt is an important, but difficult, question. A group of researchers thought: why ...

Lake Tahoe served as both a classroom and a time machine for Western Nevada College geology students recently, as Dr. Winnie ...

While many parts of the preserve require four-wheel drive, the aptly named Rings Trail is accessible along paved roads, and ...