New data is challenging what scientists previously knew about one of the youngest geological features on the Red Planet. That feature is Athabasca Valles, a system of valleys carved into volcanic ...

MOSCOW, Idaho - A study led by the University of Idaho has uncovered the first evidence of a volcanic spatter cone on Mars. According to a press release from the University of Idaho, Ian Flynn, a ...

A volcano is an opening in the Earth's crust that allows molten rock, gases, and debris to escape from below the surface. The ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Image was taken by William F. Foshag, ...

Using syrup and baking soda, research has demonstrated the formation mechanism of rootless cones, small volcanic landforms commonly found on Earth and Mars. The study clarified, through an ...

A brutal Arctic blast has turned parts of the Eastern United States into a deep freeze, and along at least one frozen shoreline the cold has sculpted something that looks straight out of science ...

Meteorological conditions lined up in Kazakhstan this winter, just as they do most winters there, resulting in a 45-foot tall ice tower formed from hot spring water gushing out of an icy plain.

This geological formation appears at Meke Crater Lake in Karapınar, Konya, Turkey. A volcanic eruption created a cone inside ...

Australia is an old and stable continent with not many geological risks such as major earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. At least that is what most people think. But throughout its geological history ...