It was early morning of August 10, 2025 in Southeast Alaska when there were only a few known people within a few miles of ...

Hawaii Island's Kilauea volcano erupted on March 10, spewing rock fragments and closing nearby highways.

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is shooting lava fountains up to 1,000 feet, and falling ash and volcanic fragments are forcing temporary closures on the Big Island.

Authorities reported tephra fall—including ash, Pele’s hair, and larger fragments—across Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park.

The fragile-looking filaments of cooled lava known as Pele’s hair can form when pockets of bubble-rich lava pull apart rapidly, experiments suggest. Among all the ways that molten rock can solidify ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is shooting lava fountains up to 1,000 feet, and falling ash and volcanic fragments are forcing temporary closures on the Big Island.

One of the most deadly and dangerous volcano hazards isn’t lava. Mudflows called lahars can come without clear warning.

Scientists in the United States have 'blown the lid off' the Yellowstone supervolcano's mysterious underground reservoir of magma. A team of geologists and Earth scientists now claims to have finally ...

A 1775 design for a mechanical Mount Vesuvius eruption device has finally been built, recreating an eighteenth-century volcanic spectacle.