From awe-inspiring beauty to catastrophic destruction, volcanoes are among Earth’s most powerful forces. With molten rock bubbling beneath the surface and the potential to change landscapes in an ...

NASA studies Mars more than scientists know about our oceans. The Red Planet is the most studied celestial body, and a new ...

This comes months after another eruption at Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in November last year that killed nine people and ...

The United States leads the world with 165 Holocene volcanoes, mostly in Alaska, Hawaii, and the Pacific Northwest. Active ...

A spacecraft's-eye view over the landscapes of Mars has just given us a first-of-its-kind glimpse of the giant, ancient edifice known as Arsia Mons.

Learn about the largest active volcano on Earth Mauna Loa in Hawaii. Discover its massive size, eruption history, and fascinating facts about its role in shaping the Hawaiian Islands.

Arsia Mons, the southernmost of the Tharsis Montes trio, stands at an awe-inspiring 20 kilometers high, dwarfing Earth's tallest volcano, Mauna Loa, which rises 9 kilometers above the seafloor.

Halting Hawaiian hellfire. Mauna Loa is an infamously hyperactive volcano. In response to its prolific eruptions over the past few centuries, the people of nearby Hilo—current population, about ...

Mount Spurr stands just 80 miles northwest of Anchorage, Alaska’s largest city. Jeff Manes “Overall, the likelihood of an eruption has decreased from March, but the volcano remains at an ...

Scientists provided an update Thursday on the chances of an eruption of the Mount Spurr volcano in Alaska, a situation being closely monitored by officials in Anchorage, the state’s largest c… ...

Kanlaon, located between the provinces of Negros Oriental and Negros Occidental on the island of Negros, ranks among the 24 most active volcanoes in the Philippines.

In December 1989, a 747 flew through ash from another nearby volcano, Mount Redoubt, and the plane’s engines shut down, forcing an emergency landing in Anchorage with 231 passengers aboard.