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Pluto's icy volcanic region

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Pluto has a huge field of bumpy ice created by massive volcanoes

A unique lumpy landscape on Pluto was probably built up via ice seeping up from its surprisingly warm interior that has created volcanoes as large as those on Earth – and that cryovolcanism could continue to this day

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Humans

Fire of Love review: An intimate account of life, death and lava

Culture

A68X7W Ol Doinyo Lengai lava flowing from a cone, aerial view of the crater floor, Tanzania

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Is Ol Doinyo Lengai the strangest volcano in the solar system?

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A68X7W Ol Doinyo Lengai lava flowing from a cone, aerial view of the crater floor, Tanzania

Earth

Black lava from this bizarre volcano could reveal Earth's deep secrets

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Siberian traps,

Life

World's largest mass extinction may have begun with volcanic winter

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The Mkhonjwa geotrail

Life

Lava-munching microbes were the earliest life on land

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Fire and Ice review: A fascinating tour of weird space volcanoes

Humans

Fire and Ice review: A fascinating tour of weird space volcanoes

Culture

The Cumbre Vieja volcano eruption, spewing lava

Environment

La Palma volcano eruption: Warning signs may have been there for years

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Are there volcanoes in space? Science with Sam explains

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Science with Sam volcanoes

Space

Science with Sam: Are there volcanoes in space?

From cataclysmic supervolcanos on Earth to ice plumes on Enceladus, the solar system is a wildly volcanic place. This is your guide.

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Earth

More fissures are opening up at the Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland

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