New seismic imaging shows magma lingering beneath quiet Cascade volcanoes, shaping how scientists monitor and plan for ...

Europa stands out among Jupiter's moons, thanks to its remarkably smooth ice shell, which scientists believe conceals a global ocean of liquid water, perhaps twice as deep as Earth's oceans. In late ...

The simultaneous eruption of multiple volcanoes suggests a vast, interconnected network of magma exists beneath the surface, powered by the intense gravitational pull of Jupiter.

This shifts our entire perspective on what makes a planet “Earth-like.” Nature is far more creative than our own solar system suggests. The universe might be teeming with “magma-shielded” worlds that ...

Astronomers have spent the past decade cataloguing thousands of planets beyond the solar system, many of them falling into a ...

"A strong magnetic field is very important for life on a planet," study lead Miki Nakajima, an associate professor in the department of Earth and environmental sciences at the University of Rochester ...

In addition to shaping the interior of rocky planets, molten rock located deep within these planets may also contribute to ...

A layer of molten rock deep inside some rocky planets may be doing more than shaping their interiors. New research points to ...

New research from the University of Rochester suggests that molten rock deep inside so-called super-earths may generate ...

Earths, vast underground oceans of molten rock may be quietly doing the work of life’s first line of defense: generating magnetic fields powerful enough to block harmful radiation. A recent study ...