A 6.5-foot Mars sand ridge called Hazyview reveals how strong, steady winds once shaped the planet’s surface and soil ...

Spiderweb-shaped rock patterns on Mars may rewrite the timeline of when water disappeared from the Red Planet.

A massive volcanic ridge beneath the Indian Ocean has just delivered a major surprise to geologists. According to a new study published in Nature Communications, the Kerguelen hotspot—the volcanic ...

This satellite image reveals not only geological beauty but also the deep ties between landscape, climate and history in one of the world's driest deserts. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

Scientists have compiled the first global map of fault ridges in the Moon's maria, revealing that lunar tectonic activity ...

For years, scientists have known about lobate scarps — ridges commonly found in the lunar highlands that formed as the Moon contracted. In 2010, earlier research confirmed that the Moon is gradually ...

Scientists have mapped thousands of young tectonic ridges across the Moon, showing it is still slowly shrinking. These ridges may mark previously unknown sources of moonquakes.