Mount Spurr in Alaska – rising some 3,370 meters or 11,070 feet above sea level  – could be about to erupt, with the number of small and recent earthquakes in the area now into the thousands.

“New Horizons shattered a major paradigm of planetary science,” says Alan Stern, the mission’s principal investigator. “Pluto ...

A volcano near Alaska’s most populous city may be preparing to erupt, according to experts who have been monitoring the ...

Pluto may not be a planet any more, but you still have a chance to see the distant dwarf planet at one of Michigan's observatories.

When two objects share a quantum state, their behaviour becomes mysteriously linked. If you measure one object, the state of ...

Days after federal job cuts began to hit Alaska, the full extent of the firings was not yet known, even as those who lost their jobs began to contend with impacts on them and their communities. At the ...

Mount Spurr, a volcano near Alaska’s largest city, Anchorage, is showing strong signs that it could erupt based on observations made over the past 10 ...

An active volcano near Alaska's most populated city could be on the brink of eruption, according to scientists who are constantly monitoring a potential threat.

The observatory, known as the TAO ... is thin and the mountain's location in the arid conditions. Only a small portion of infrared radiation from the universe reaches the Earth’s surface ...

The VLT captures a stunning infrared view of Sagittarius C, exposing a rich field of young stars. This breakthrough provides ...

At the Lowell Observatory, visitors can conjure their inner astronomer by peering through world-class telescopes and sitting in on lectures on topics like black holes and the history of Pluto.