Convection processes beneath Venus' scorched surface may help explain the planet's many volcanoes, a new study reports.

Venus may be far more geologically alive than anyone expected. New research suggests its outer crust could be churning with ...

Future missions to Venus could also supply additional data on the density and temperature of the planet's crust, which could ...

Venus—a hot planet pocked with tens of thousands of volcanoes—may be even more geologically active near its surface than ...

A strange scientific phenomenon occurs in the Great White North, where the gravity appears to be lower than global averages.

A massive volcanic ridge beneath the Indian Ocean has just delivered a major surprise to geologists. According to a new study ...

Scientists uncover surprising evidence that the Kerguelen hotspot, responsible for the 5,000-kilometer-long Ninetyeast Ridge, ...

The mantle transition zone (MTZ), which occurs 410–670 kilometers below Earth's surface, may store several oceans' worth of water. This water, which is carried to such depths by subducting ...

China is set to venture where humanity has scarcely been before: beneath the Earth's crust, into its mantle. To achieve this aspiration, it has deployed Meng Xiang – meaning "dream"– a ...

“We were at war with a dictator; now we are fighting against a dictator supported by a traitor.” Thus, in a brilliant speech, did Claude Malhuret, hitherto a little-known French senator ...

This mission will send three small satellites (CubeSats) into orbit to study electrojets — powerful electrical currents that flow through Earth’s upper atmosphere when the northern and southern lights ...