The robotic rotorcraft mission aims to target a region on Mars known as Eastern Noctis Labyrinthus. This region is a mosaic ...

A 2022 satellite photo shows smoke rising from a caldera on Tofua, highlighting the "looming threat" of the volcanic island.

Take a tour of the space volcanoes on other planets and moons across the Solar System, and find out how they differ from ...

Convection processes beneath Venus' scorched surface may help explain the planet's many volcanoes, a new study reports.

Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...

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Today, Yellowstone remains a place of low volcanic risk. Sure, there are sometimes small explosions stoked by hot water and ...

Venus may be far more geologically alive than anyone expected. New research suggests its outer crust could be churning with ...

What can a sample return mission from Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io, teach scientists about planetary and satellite (moon) ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. In the early 1990s, NASA’s Magellan spacecraft captured data from Venus, proving that ...

Venus—a hot planet pocked with tens of thousands of volcanoes—may be even more geologically active near its surface than ...

Venus, the hottest planet in the solar system, is estimated to have 85,000 volcanoes, based on radar images from NASA's 1989 Magellan mission. Now, scientists have a new theory about what fuels ...