Buried deep in Greenland's ice sheet lies a puzzling chemical signature that has sparked intense scientific debate. A sharp ...

If you were lucky 74,000 years ago, you would have survived the Toba supereruption, one of the largest catastrophic events ...

Each mineral in a volcanic deposit is like a microscopic thermometer that records magma chamber temperature over time.

The Clear Lake Volcanic Field remains under the watch of the California Volcano Observatory, not because an eruption is ...

than in the middle layers, where it stays red hot and fluid. As a result, when a volcano stops erupting, the core of a lava flow drains away while the outside hardens, leaving an empty conduit, or ...

An artist’s illustration depicts silicon, argon and sulfur releasing from a massive star. - Adam Makarenko/W. M. Keck Observatory Astronomers have observed what they are calling a new type of ...

From a lost city submerged in ash to a still-smouldering volcano, centuries of history are easily accessed in Central America ...

Here, the 'ice volcano' does not erupt molten rock, but rather 'ice magma' formed from a mixture of water ice, liquid brine, ...

Night volcano watching is nothing short of mesmerizing, it lets you witness the raw power and beauty of nature ...