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

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

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