As soon as lava flows from a volcano, exposure to air and wind causes it to start to cool and harden. Rather than hardening evenly, the energy exchange tends to take place primarily at the surface.

WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - Images taken of Mars from orbit dating back as far as the 1970s have captured curious dark streaks running down the sides of cliffs and crater walls that some scientists ...

88 Energy Ltd. has mapped the recently identified Upper Slope Fan System (Upper SFS) across its Project Pheonix acreage on the North Slope of Alaska. The data will be used for subsequent stimulation ...

Researchers used both linear stability theory and direct numerical simulations to uncover, for the first time, fluid instabilities in the Prandtl model for katabatic slope flows. Not only will this ...

Researchers analyzed a global database of 500,000 strange streaks that occur on steep Martian slopes, concluding that they're most likely caused by dry processes rather than liquid flow. A new study ...

Australia-listed Oil Search has flowed oil from two wells at its Pikka unit on Alaska’s North Slope. Oil Search confirmed Thursday the Pikka B well flowed last month at a stabilised rate of 2410 ...