New findings from NASA’s Perseverance rover suggest that ancient volcanic activity on Mars may have created conditions capable of supporting life. A team led by Texas A&M researcher Michael Tice has ...

You might not know it, but Ireland is dotted with extinct volcanoes that have shaped the island we know and love today ...

Martian meteorites are mostly volcanic in origin, but how they are related to one another and where they come from on Mars have been enduring scientific puzzles. These meteorites can be found in the ...

A new type of rock created during large and exceptionally hot volcanic eruptions has been discovered beneath the Pacific Ocean. A new type of rock created during large and exceptionally hot volcanic ...

A new technique turns climate-warming carbon emissions to stone. In a test program in Iceland, more than 95 percent of the carbon dioxide injected into basaltic lava rocks mineralized into solid rock ...

One of the largest canyons in our Solar System carved its way through several layers of ancient volcanic eruption debris, a recent study reports. Valles Marineris is a titanic network of deep cracks ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Peridotite is composed mostly of greenish magnesium-iron-silicate ...