If the moon were actually made of cheese, there'd be a new flavor of dairy for humans to sample. Data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) have revealed a new type of rock on the lunar ...

Far beneath the Earth's surface, a fiery world of viscous molten rock exists below the continental and oceanic plates, perpetually churning and shifting under the immense pressure and stress of a ...

May 23 (UPI) --Rocks recovered from a remote mountainside in East Africa have offered scientists fresh insights into an unusual type of volcano -- a type of volcanism more hazardous than previously ...

Volcanoes are grouped into four types: cinder cones, composite volcanoes, shield volcanoes and lava volcanoes. Cinder cones are circular or oval cones made up of small fragments of lava from a single ...

Basalt from a common type of volcano shows a surprising contribution from the descending oceanic plate. Analyses show that magnesium atoms are somehow drawn out of the crust, deep below the surface.

A team of scientists chemically analyzed chassignites and nakhlites, such as the one pictured, two kinds of Martian meteorites found on Earth, of which there are only 35 specimens. Credit: Scripps ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. There ...

An explosive eruption rocked La Soufriere volcano on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent on Friday after the government ordered thousands to evacuate their homes nearby. Experts said the ash ...