Tag: lava

I've seen worse locations for hanging out.

If you like volcanoes, Earth isn't a bad place to live on. After all, our planet is quite geologically active, ...

Scientists hope to verify their observations with the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope in 2021.

Frozen Martian mud has been mistaken for lava flows.

Earth's sister planet might also enjoy a bit of volcanism.

Nice swirls!

On Io, the floor is basically lava.

Shaped by erosion, fire, or water, caves have some surprising but always beautiful births.

There's no need to panic though.

Volcanoes are some of the most amazing geological features but quite often, they're misunderstood or not understood at all. Here we'll ...

Even as a geologist, I can't help myself from looking at lava with an almost childish fascination -- it's something ...

The general classification splits volcanic eruptions in two: explosive or effusive. An explosive eruption is, well, explosive and violent (think ...

It wasn't just a devastating asteroid that killed off all the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Scientists from Boston University ...

Scientists have for the first time determined the actual permeability of the asthenosphere in Earth's upper mantle, which is basically ...

Lava, the molten rock that flows from inside the Earth, can destroy everything in its path. Water, meanwhile is like ...