The late legendary course designer Tom Weiskopf looked at this nearly unusable terrain and made something so magnificent, the PGA Tour recently played there, making its first stop in Utah in 61 years.

Some minerals in lava could suggest water is nearby.

The style of eruption is "much less dangerous, because most of the activity involves slow moving basaltic lava flows," he ...

The study team decided to focus its attention on a material called basalt, because this dark, fine-grained rock forms when lava flows onto the surface of a planet and then cools. It's also one of ...

According to a 2013 U.S. Geological Survey study, the basalt beneath Oregon and Washington could hold more than 14,000 ...

The moon has a global dichotomy, with its near and far sides having different geomorphology, topography, chemical composition ...

Some of Hokett’s pieces, like “This Eruption Undoes,” visualize a split with black drywall opening to reveal a kaleidoscope ...

A collaborative study by US and Chinese researchers has revealed evidence of volcanic activity on the Moon’s far side ...