The SETI Institute and Astrobotic Technology, Inc. are announcing the successful mapping in 3D of the interior of an ice-rich lava tube in Iceland using a LiDAR-equipped drone. The team was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Lava River Cave exhaled chilled air. I put on my sweatshirt, despite the hot July day. Though I'd been warned about the sudden ...

At a little more than a mile, Lava River Cave is Oregon’s longest intact lava tube. It’s also one of the most popular caves to explore in central Oregon. The cave is part of Bend’s Newberry National ...

When the first humans colonize Mars, they may seek refuge in the red planet’s lava caves. Here, the pioneering martians will find protection from the extreme temperatures, radiation, and asteroids ...

A squad of robots will explore off-planet caves to help set up homes for humans, according to new research. The robo-teams would work together to rope down into lava holes to map out potential ...

Alien-hunting scientists have admitted they hope to explore deep Martian cave systems using “space drones.” Early tests of the drone technology — which would map underground caverns in the search for ...

The Lava River Cave exhaled chilled air. I put on my sweatshirt, despite the hot July day. Though I'd been warned about the sudden drop in temperature to a crisp 42 degrees, it was hard to believe I'd ...