A new study posted on the arXiv has suggested that aninterstellar object, previously thought to be a simple comet, could actually be covered in cryovolcanoes—erupting icy volcano-like structures. This ...

A detector dog has led biologists to an exciting sighting in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. Slater, a McNab shepherd, found a rare fledgling that had never been spotted in the preserve before, ...

As part of a growing national effort -to understand seafloor hazards, scientists from the United States Geological Survey’s Volcano Science Center are working across agencies to investigate how ...

An early morning frost has been discovered for the first time atop the tallest volcanoes in the solar system, found near Mars' equator, changing what planetary scientists thought they knew about Mars' ...

Planetary researchers announced a major discovery from the solar system's Red Planet on Monday – patches of water frost equating to "60 Olympic-size swimming pools" have been detected on Mars. The ...

Buried deep in Greenland's ice sheet lies a puzzling chemical signature that has sparked intense scientific debate. A sharp spike in platinum concentrations, discovered in an ice core (a cylinder of ...