Waves of orange, glowing lava and smoky ash belched and sputtered Monday from the world’s largest active volcano in its first ...

A vast eruption beneath the southwest Pacific Ocean has been confirmed as the largest volcanic event ever recorded on the ocean floor. The 2012 explosion at the Havre volcano, near New Zealand, ...

NASA has contributed a complementary perspective from the air. Researchers used NASA airborne remote-sensing technology to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. (Left) Io as seen by NASA's ...

How big can volcanic eruptions get on Jupiter’s moon, Io? This is what a recent study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets hopes to address as an international team of scientists ...

A satellite has captured stunning images of the Mauna Loa eruption from space, as crowds flock to the Hawaii volcano to watch the rare event. The photos, taken when the eruption began on 28 November, ...

“It was like a shotgun blast directly into the sky,” said one marine geologist. A New Zealand-led team of marine geologists investigating an underwater volcano that erupted on Jan. 15 in the Tongan ...

Massive volcano in Japan refilling 7,300 years after eruption, offering new insight into supervolcano behavior and future risks ...