What does an ancient lava tube in the Canary Islands have in common with space exploration? For our robotics teams, it turns ...

A stunning composite image, made up of three years' worth of satellite photos, shows the ancient lava of Libya's Haruj ...

Astronomers have found some pretty wild exoplanets. Some are balls of lava the temperature of hell, one is partially made of ...

About 99% of Earth is uninhabitable; in deep underground places with high pressure and temperature, even the toughest ...

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 ...

The Department of Geology has changed its name to the Department of Earth Sciences to better reflect the breath of its work.

These ancient buried "super-continents"—known to scientists as large low-seismic-velocity provinces (LLSVPs)—were found ...

On January 18, the team at Firefly carried out Blue Ghost’s first engine burn, firing up the lander’s thrusters and main ...

The study of ancient lava formations on Mars is the most complete to date from a series of observations conducted on the ...

Kilauea volcano in Hawaii is erupting with fountains of lava. Check out a USGS livestream from within the Halema'uma'u crater. Kilauea volcano entered its fourth eruptive episode on Thursday ...

A giant patch of black, fossilized lava that was spewed across ... along fault lines that intersect Earth's tectonic plates, because this is where the planet's crust is weakest and magma from ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The University at Buffalo Department of Geology is about much more than rocks and minerals. Its faculty and ...