A short walk leads to Little Crater Lake, a tiny spring-fed pool near Mount Hood and Tomothy Lake with vivid colors and easy ...

Massive craters are forming in Siberia due to explosive methane releases from thawing permafrost. The phenomenon is a ...

A new study has revealed that our understanding of the South Pole-Aitken basin was quite literally back-to-front, meaning ...

A new study reveals a possible habitable past and evidence of ancient microbial activity on Mars.The research, which was led ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has found minerals that could have powered life on Mars — or simply shaped the Red Planet's environment in fascinating ways.

Researchers who examined data from Perseverance found that the rocks contained organics that could have been the precursors ...

Research led by NASA suggests a habitable past on Mars based on the discovery of minerals in Martian rocks associated with life on Earth. A core component of NASA’s Mars mission, the Perseverance ...

“This finding by Perseverance …is the closest we have ever come to discovering life on Mars,” said acting NASA administrator ...

The rover’s science instruments found that the formation’s sedimentary rocks are composed of clay and silt, which, on Earth, are excellent preservers of past microbial life. The findings were made ...

Crater Lake was formed about 7,700 years ago by the collapse of the Mount Mazama volcano. Crater Lake National Park will host two “Ride the Rim” events this month, an opportunity for the public to ...

Mazama Newt photographed near Crater Lake National Park. Photo by Kyle Kosma / High Desert Museum. The Oregon Zoo, in partnership with the National Park Service and the High Desert Museum, has rescued ...

The first thing you notice on the Cleetwood Cove Trail is a view of the lake teases you through the trees. The mile-long descent down into the caldera of Oregon’s Crater Lake National Park feels ...