The Ethiopian Rift Valley, where many of the volcanoes are located, extends from Afar southwards through neighbouring ...

Scientists have discovered that shear forces inside rising magma can create gas bubbles long before pressure drops occur. The ...

Learn about how volcanoes are formed and the ways they erupt Chiara Maria Petrone, Roberto Scandone, and Alex Whittaker On February 20, 1943, Dionisio Pulido and his family were working in their ...

Underwater volcanoes are powerful geological forces shaping our planet and oceans. These hidden giants form through tectonic activity and magma rising from Earth's depths. While most eruptions are ...

Learn how subduction zones form, drive massive earthquakes, create volcanoes, and shape Earth’s surface through powerful ...

An immense volcanic ash cloud from Ethiopia's Hayli Gubbi eruption is heading towards India, potentially causing hazy skies ...

Scientists have just revealed their findings on what are being described as the most pristine trilobite fossils ever found. The fossils, which show both hard exterior features and soft inner tissues, ...

Italy’s Mount Etna erupted Monday, causing tourists to flee as smoke and ash billowed from Europe’s tallest active volcano. Have no fear: this won't happen in New England any time soon as there are ...

Volcanoes in Alaska, Washington state, Oregon and Hawaii have been rumbling and even spewing lava, enough to spark a swarm of news stories. But despite the jolts and temblors, geologists say there's ...

In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, thousands of miles from any continent, Easter Island rises out of the sea. Its surface tells a story of volcanism that began roughly 2.5 million years ago, but ...

NASA Apollo 17 astronaut Eugene Cernan drives a moon buggy at the lunar Taurus-Littrow Valley landing site in 1972. No one expected these glittering bits among the gray lunar dust back then. The beads ...

Kilauea’s 2018 eruption -transformed the lower Puna District of the Island of Hawaii, including its coastline, where 875 acres of new land were added in a large lava delta. The area is still subject ...