A new study by Dr. Margherita Mussi, published in Quaternary International, highlights how naturally occurring basalt spheres ...

Researchers found Earth's orbital changes align with past volcanic eruptions. Climate shifts and massive eruptions occurred ...

Researchers are using basalt spectra to study exoplanets and search for water with the James Webb Space Telescope. By ...

New research from scientists with the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and published in the journal Science found that sample analysis backs up an established model of the moon as a global ...

Atlas Obscura, a digital travel atlas of obscure destinations around the world, writes that Elephant Rock – Halldórsskora in Icelandic – is located on Heimaey Island, the lar ...

Giant regions of the mantle where seismic waves slow down may have formed from subducted ocean crust, a new study finds.

Natural volcanic rock basalt has become more well-known owing to its exceptional thermal and chemical qualities, high tensile strength, and resistance to corrosion. These qualities make it the ...

The first study on the Moon samples brought back by the Chinese Chang'e-6 mission show that the Moon's far side was just as molten as the near one eons ago.

An international team of scientists has synchronized key climate records from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to unravel the ...

Scientists discovered that volcanic eruptions in India’s Deccan Traps 66 million years ago released gases that altered ...