Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Note: This is the fourth in a series of six Guest Opinions commemorating the Craters of the Moon National Monument Centennial.

Since the 1970s, planetary geologists have known that volcanic features cover large swaths of Mars. Early Mariner 9 images ...

Scientists compare volcanic cones on Earth and Mars to explain how gas-rich magma forms scoria cones. Spacecraft observations and Earth analog sites provide evidence of similar eruptive processes.

MOSCOW, Idaho - A study led by the University of Idaho has uncovered the first evidence of a volcanic spatter cone on Mars. According to a press release from the University of Idaho, Ian Flynn, a ...

Fig. 3. Lunar volcanic landforms. (A) Floor-fractured crater (44.3°E, 46.5°N), LRO WAC mosaic. (B) Lava flows in the southwestern Imbrium (330.4°E, 25.5°N), Apollo photograph AS15-M-1701. (C) Sinuous ...

Using syrup and baking soda, research has demonstrated the formation mechanism of rootless cones, small volcanic landforms commonly found on Earth and Mars. The study clarified, through an ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — The Yellowstone region today is Wonderland. It is full of spectacular ...

YELLOWSTONE NAT’L PARK - A small eruption was caught on camera from the Black Diamond Pool, the same site that saw a hydrothermal explosion last summer. A camera was installed at Biscuit Basin to ...

Hawaii's Kilauea was spraying a spectacular fountain of lava on Monday, keeping up its reputation as one of the world's most active volcanoes. For over a year now, Kilauea has been regularly throwing ...

Note: This is the fourth in a series of six Guest Opinions commemorating the Craters of the Moon National Monument Centennial. While southern Idaho’s vast Snake River Plain is lauded and renowned ...