This Cold War outpost concealed more than submarines—it hosted a devastating eruption that cooled the planet nearly 200 years ...

A new study suggests the planet’s iconic domes owe their strange shape to both thick lava and a flexible surface.

Researchers at Göttingen University find gold and ruthenium in Hawaiian volcanic rocks, suggesting core materials are ...

There's gold in them thar hills—or, at least, in the volcanoes of the Hawaiian Islands —along with other precious metals. This is the conclusion of an international team of researchers who found ...

The 50-kilometer-wide seamount contains three dormant volcanoes, the floor of which drops more than two kilometers below the ...

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