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 ...

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Beneath Yellowstone National Park, scientists are reexamining one of Earth’s most powerful volcanic systems after studies ...

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 ...

Though the effects of melting ice sheets on sea level rise and changes in ocean salinity have been meticulously researched, how this impacts volcanic activity has been largely unstudied — until now.

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' ...

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, ...

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