Scientists compare volcanic cones on Earth and Mars to explain how gas-rich magma forms scoria cones. Spacecraft observations and Earth analog sites provide evidence of similar eruptive processes.

When volcanic eruptions make headlines, the images often depict fiery lava and towering ash clouds. But beneath Antarctica’s frozen landscape, volcanoes quietly shape Earth's climate in surprising ...

Io, the innermost of Jupiter’s Galilean moons, remains one of the most volcanically active bodies in the Solar System. Its relentless activity is driven by tidal forces that flex the moon’s interior, ...