NASA’s GRAIL mission reveals thermal differences in the moon’s mantle, explaining surface contrasts between its sides.

On May 18, 1980, the United States experienced the deadliest and most destructive volcanic eruption in its history.

The moon's nearside (that is, the side facing Earth) is dark-colored and dominated by ancient lava flows, whereas the farside ...

The moon spent a few million years as a volcanic wasteland, covered with ongoing eruptions that spewed from mountains and ...

NASA's GRAIL mission has unveiled significant differences between the moon's nearside and farside, attributing them to tidal ...

Feel like you're stepping foot on the surface of the moon at this surreal national monument in Idaho, with craters formed by ...

A new scientific breakthrough from NASA has shed light on one of the Moon's long-standing mysteries: why its Earth-facing ...

A reappraisal of decades-old data suggests that strange circular formations on Venus could be volcanic “rings of fire” ...

Deep beneath the waves of the Pacific Ocean, nearly a mile underwater, one of the most fascinating volcanoes in the world is ...

NASA’s Juno mission has gathered new findings after peering below Jupiter’s cloud-covered atmosphere and the surface of its ...

Juno’s latest discoveries have pulled back the veil on Jupiter’s harsh atmosphere and the fiery volcanic world of Io. The ...

"Io’s volcanoes, lava fields, and subterranean lava flows act like a car radiator," said Shannon Brown, a Juno scientist, in ...