Sandwiched between the freezing cold of Earth’s coldest continent and the warmth of its southernmost active volcano, the ...

Beneath Antarctica’s Mount Erebus, a hidden world of volcanic ice caves harbors thriving microbial life, offering a glimpse ...

Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far ...

Io’s long-debated magma ocean may not exist. Juno spacecraft data reveals that tidal forces deform the moon differently than ...

The Lost City, found in 2000 near the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, is a deep-sea ecosystem with towering limestone formations ...

Researchers suggest that similar saline-rich environments could exist beneath the icy surfaces of Jupiter's moon Europa, Saturn's moon Enceladus ... extreme depth, volcanic activity, and unusual ...

Scientists have uncovered shocking evidence that Earth's first life thrived in volcanic hellscapes 2.75 billion years ...

Instead, the volcanoes are powered by more local sources ... such as (Saturn’s) Enceladus and Europa, and even exoplanets and super-Earths. Our new findings provide an opportunity to rethink ...

The team also studied volcanic basin rocks of the same age ... and similar vents likely exist on icy moons like Europa and Enceladus. If nitrogen was available in these environments the way ...

A theory involving a "mushy zone" of ice along the moon’s fissures could explain the enormous plumes erupting from its south pole. Saturn's icy moon Enceladus has long been considered a ...