Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have run new calculations, suggesting that Venus' outer crust could be experiencing convection—a process where heated material rises and cooler ...

Scientists are bracing for high lava fountains in the latest episode of an ongoing eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano.

Because salt has been detected on Mars, it is likely that Martian mudflows are also salty, much like Earth’s mud volcanoes, ...

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

New research suggests that Venus could be much more geologically active than previously thought. A groundbreaking study by ...

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

Researchers present the Venus Life Equation, a novel formula to approximate the possibility of life on Venus, shedding light ...

Volcanic features have been observed on our fellow rocky planets, Venus and Mars, but they largely appear to be inactive ...

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

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

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