A new volcano has been spotted on Jupiter's moon Io, the most geologically active place in the solar system. Analysis of the first close-up images of Io in over 25 years, captured by the JunoCam ...

These fiery features can be as dangerous as they are mesmerizing. Here are a few things to keep in mind if you live near or ...

“We were quite surprised, because we were really very close to the coast.” — Lodolo, researcher at Italy’s National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics. His team named the volcano Actea.

Though it was ebb tide, the waves continued to relentlessly erode the mass of mud volcano material that claimed their free ...

A NASA spacecraft orbiting Jupiter has just witnessed some of the most extreme volcanic eruptions ever seen in the solar system, coming from a giant underground magma chamber on the "tormented" Jovian ...

The moon is 384,000 kilometers (239,000 miles) away from Earth, but one of the best places to study its surface is much closer to home. Western planetary scientist Catherine Neish and PhD candidate ...

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory relies heavily on Global Positioning System data to monitor volcanic activity in Hawaii ...

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory monitors volcanic activity across the Hawaiian Islands and American Samoa, helping to ensure public safety and support scientific research. Behind the scenes, the ...

A team of geologists led by the University of Maryland and the University of Hawaiʻi finally connected one of the largest volcanic eruptions in Earth’s history with its source deep beneath the Pacific ...