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Olympus Mons: The Solar System’s Tallest Volcano, Over Three Times the Height of Mount Everest, Puzzles Scientists with Its Prolonged Volcanic Activity

Ruth Rodrigues 01/07/2026 at 18:38

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Nicknamed Pemba, a humanoid robot from Unitree braved the extreme cold and altitude to reach the summit of the Chimborazo volcano at over 6,000 meters, with an eye on Everest, even though it had to be carried by the team on the steepest parts of the ascent.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 08/06/2026 at 15:44

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Mount Everest is the highest mountain above sea level, but it is not the point on Earth closest to space, because the bulge of the planet at the Equator makes the Chimborazo volcano in Ecuador about 2 kilometers farther from the center of the Earth even though it is much lower.

Bruno Teles 30/05/2026 at 15:08

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Archaeologists used AI to recreate the face of the man who used a bowl as a helmet and tried to flee the volcano in Pompeii, 1,947 years after the eruption of Vesuvius.

Andriely Medeiros de Araújo 28/04/2026 at 21:29

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A volcano in Antarctica releases gold every day in the form of invisible dust, spreading metallic particles through the frozen air and raising a curious mystery that has not yet been fully explained.

Caio Aviz 24/04/2026 at 21:28

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Research reveals that a volcano dormant for 100,000 years maintained constant internal activity and was never truly silent.

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 23/04/2026 at 14:44

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Using the Shinkai 6500, a manned submersible that dives up to 6,500 meters, the Japanese discovered a rare Petit Spot type submarine volcano in the Pacific and were surprised by the find in a remote area of the ocean.

Romário Pereira de Carvalho 17/04/2026 at 12:06

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Yellowstone supervolcano has an unexpected energy source, new study shows. Discovery reveals that oceanic plate feeds the magmatic system.

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 16/04/2026 at 03:29

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Black hole awakens after 100 million years and causes a massive eruption compared to a cosmic volcano.

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 14/04/2026 at 09:19

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For the first time, scientists have mapped the Etna magma system in almost real time and discovered where the volcano was storing large volumes of molten material before years of eruptions, revealing an underground reservoir that fills and reorganizes like a living organism beneath the mountain.

Valdemar Medeiros 08/04/2026 at 17:55

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Lava river flows down the volcano on Reunion Island, crosses the road, enters the sea, and creates a new strip of land; the longest and most intense eruption of 2026 is already reshaping the coast before our eyes.

Carla Teles 06/04/2026 at 19:13

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Scientists find gigantic lava fields in an active underwater volcano, and the discovery draws attention to what is happening on the ocean floor.

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 05/04/2026 at 07:37