Volcanoes are among the most powerful forces on Earth. They can release unimaginable amounts of energy, sending rivers of ...

For most of human history, the creation of new ocean floor has been something inferred rather than witnessed. Geologists could map ancient scars on the seabed, measure the slow movement of tectonic ...

If someone told you there was a place in California where lava decided to organize itself into thousands of perfectly ...

A rare drone video from Mount Etna on Tuesday (July 7) showed a red-hot stream of lava appearing to pour into a deep summit ...

Looking for the most beautiful byways in Oregon to explore? These 11 amazing drives offer incredible scenery and ...

There is something quietly disorienting about standing in the middle of a high desert and realizing the ground beneath your ...

Lava flowing from Mount Etna in Sicily lit up the sky with red flashes on Monday (June 29).

New oblique images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) reveal enormous cracks, called grabens, curling around an ancient lunar sea on the Moon’s near-side. These grabens are part of ...

A hiker in Hawaii, Kawika Singson, has been lauded for his bravery after rescuing a 10-month-old dog that fell 30 feet into a deep lava crack outside the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. "A crack very ...

Lava, a global platform for bitcoin-backed loans, today announced a $200M funding round and the launch of a new product, a bitcoin line of credit (BLOC). The product offers similar functionality to a ...

It's one of the only places on Earth where three giant cracks, or rifts, in the Earth's surface meet. These rifts stretch across Ethiopia and beyond, and over time, they are splitting the land apart.