A proposed Mars helicopter mission would search for signs of life, water and future human footholds in a vast volcanic canyon ...

Venus, the hottest planet in the solar system, is estimated to have 85,000 volcanoes, based on radar images from NASA's 1989 ...

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

Key takeawaysA new UCLA-led study shows that the 2022 eruption of underwater volcano Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai did not warm ...

A new UCLA-led study shows that the 2022 eruption of underwater volcano Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai did not warm the planet as was expected but actually reduced temperatures over the Southern Hemisphere ...

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

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

Future missions to Venus could also supply additional data on the density and temperature of the planet's crust, which could ...

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

Venus, however, is a different story. Its crust is thicker—anywhere from 30 to 90 kilometers—and its surface is extremely hot ...

They look like a dish of lentils, or a mass of spider eggs on a leaf. But whatever they are, these tiny little brown blobs, ...

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