Researchers at Italy’s INGV have discovered a new seismic indicator on Mount Etna that detects magma movement.

New research reveals the Moon's colossal South Pole-Aitken basin was formed by an asteroid striking from the north, not the ...

In June 2024, China’s Chang’e 6 mission landed on one of the most remote and scientifically valuable regions of the Moon: the South Pole–Aitken basin (SPA). Situated on the far side, this colossal ...

Once considered a fringe idea, the prospect of offsetting global warming by releasing massive quantities of ...

How to predict when Ruapehu might next erupt is an important, but difficult, question. A group of researchers thought: why not recreate the volcano in a lab?

Rapid uplifting near the 13,000-foot-tall summit of Taftan shows that this long-dormant volcano is more geologically active ...

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists said episode 35 of the ongoing Halemaumau eruption ended abruptly today at 3:32 a.m.

Researchers analyzed changes over time in the ratio of small earthquakes to bigger ones beneath Mount Etna and found a strong ...

For decades, the colossal Taftan volcano of eastern Iran appeared a lifeless piece of history. It towered nearly 13,000 feet ...

A volcanic island in Iceland revealed that birds, not wind, brought the first plants. This changes what we know about how ...

Two thousand years ago, Alaska’s Mount Okmok volcano spewed ash high into the atmosphere for months. Scientists believe it ...