Analysis of the second confirmed interstellar comet to visit our solar system suggests that the alien body could be covered ...

A new study posted on the arXiv has suggested that aninterstellar object, previously thought to be a simple comet, could ...

Learn about how volcanoes are formed and the ways they erupt Chiara Maria Petrone, Roberto Scandone, and Alex Whittaker On February 20, 1943, Dionisio Pulido and his family were working in their ...

The explosiveness of a volcanic eruption depends on how many gas bubbles form in the magma—and when. Until now, it was ...

Learn which countries have the most volcanoes, how volcanoes are formed, why these regions are highly active, and key ...

Some volcanoes, such as the Cascade volcanoes up in Washington and Oregon, are of the type called a stratovolcano. These steep volcanoes sometimes erupt explosively and other times have calmer lava ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS has gone from obscure catalog entry to one of the most closely watched objects in the sky, and the latest ...

The far side of the moon is hiding evidence of an enormous ancient volcano. But even though researchers are sure the volcano was there, they remain mystified about how it could have formed. For more ...

Some scientists think we can better understand volcanoes by learning how the gaseous vortexes emerge. By Carolyn Wilke Some volcanoes perform a rather subtle trick: blowing rings of vapor that waft ...

Unusual molten rock formations, nicknamed lava eggs, have appeared near an active volcano in Iceland. Some were recently spotted by a geologist, who explained to Reuters how the egg-shaped lobes ...