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Kīlauea’s Latest Summit Episode Sends Dual Lava Fountains to 1,300 Feet, Then Subsides

HVO says magma is recharging, making another short summit burst likely in about a week.

Ferric Hydroxysulfate Identified on Mars, Hinting at Amazonian Geothermal and Volcanic Activity

New Chemical Fossils Strengthen Case That Sponges Were Earth’s Earliest Animals

Earliest European Blue Pigment Confirmed on 13,000-Year-Old German Artifact

Study Pinpoints a Dry Proto‑Earth Within 3 Million Years, Bolstering Theia Water‑Delivery Theory

USGS Tracks Steady Seismic Activity: M5.9 Off Oregon and M6+ Shocks in Venezuela

Australian 'Ananguites' Point to a Giant 11-Million-Year-Old Impact With No Known Crater

Science Study Identifies Ocean Feedback That Could Overcorrect Warming Into an Ice Age

Oklahoma Family Finds 2.79-Carat Brown Diamond at Arkansas’ Crater of Diamonds

Nature Study Finds Magma Drove Santorini Quake Swarm, Reveals Link to Nearby Kolumbo

Machine-Learning Seismic Imaging Reveals How Supercritical Volcanic Fluids Influence Earthquakes

Magnitude 2.8 Quake Rattles East Bay Early Thursday

New Megaraptor From Patagonia Found With Crocodile Bone in Its Jaws

Two Strong Shallow Quakes Rattle Northwestern Venezuela, USGS Issues Yellow Alert

Lab Experiments Back ‘Earth Wind’ as Driver of Lunar Rust

Diamonds Reveal Nickel-Rich Metal Alloys Deep in Mantle, Confirming Long-Predicted Redox State

New Iguanodontian Cariocecus bocagei Described From Portugal After Micro‑CT Skull Study

Magnitude 4.3 Quake Near UC Berkeley Rattles Bay Area, Triggers ShakeAlert

Bay Area M4.3 and Offshore Jalisco M5.4 Cap Day of Moderate Quakes With No Major Damage

Perseverance’s ‘Leopard-Spot’ Rock Tagged a Potential Biosignature as Fresh Skepticism Surfaces