AS Hawaii's Kilauea volcano continues to release lava following two weeks of violent eruptions, now is a good a time as any to explore the science behind the rocky magma-spewers. And we've gathered ...

Some volcanoes, such as the Cascade volcanoes up in Washington and Oregon, are of the type called a stratovolcano. These steep volcanoes sometimes erupt explosively and other times have calmer lava ...

India's unique mud volcano at Baratang has erupted after more than 20 years, creating an earth mound and spreading muddy soil ...

Japanese researchers land for the first time on what used to be a rocky outcrop called Nishinoshima in the middle of the Pacific Ocean after two years of spectacular eruptions created an island 12 ...

An ongoing volcanic eruption has created a tiny island near Iwoto. The new island is about 328 feet (100 meters) in diameter, according to researchers. This is a rare phenomenon, but it may not last ...

Last week, a deadly earthquake shook the mountains of southern Pakistan, leveling buildings and claiming the lives of over 400 people. In the aftermath, though, people living along the country's ...

Planetary scientists from Rice University, NASA’s Johnson Space Center and the California Institute of Technology have figured out how tridymite formed in Mars’ Gale Crater, a question that kept ...

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