The Moon’s surface is harsh and unforgiving, but beneath it lies a network of massive lava tubes that could serve as natural shelters for future lunar colonies.

It covers 3,130 square miles (8,100 square kilometers) — 8% of Iceland's landmass — according ... Nāhuku (Thurston Lava Tube) located on the Big Island of Hawaii is just one of many lava ...

Earth is home to some truly bizarre and breathtaking landscapes — here are 20 that look straight out of an alien world.

What does an ancient lava tube in the Canary Islands have in common with space exploration? For our robotics teams, it turns out, quite a lot. A small group of our researchers traveled to ...

Rounding into the cold lava harbor through a curving basalt channel brings quick calm in the water. This harbor is why people are here. That, and the fish. When three-quarters of Iceland’s exports ...

A giant patch of black, fossilized lava that was spewed across the Sahara desert over millions of years looks like an eerie, gold-speckled shadow in this stunning composite of three years' worth ...

In the shadow of Iceland’s largest geothermal power station, a large warehouse houses a hi-tech indoor farm of sorts that’s like nothing I’ve ever seen. Under a strange pink-purple glow ...

conical hills made of solidified lava—and lava tubes—tunnels created by ancient lava flows. These features contribute to the area's striking appearance and serve as important habitats for rare ...

Tom Howarth is a Newsweek reporter based in Bristol, U.K. His focus is reporting on nature and science. He covers climate change, biodiversity, extreme weather, zoonotic diseases and more.

But Iceland is also located over a mantle plume – a column of hot, molten rock that rises from the deep mantle to the surface, becoming lava when it erupts. However, unlike recent eruptions in ...