One of Hawaii's most active volcanoes, the Kilauea volcano, is spewing huge lava plumes over 330 feet high in the ninth burst ...

Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes, has been erupting on and off for nearly two months since it burst to life ...

A colossal volcano in Alaska is likely to erupt soon, scientists warn. Mount Spurr, an 11,000-foot-tall volcano on the Cook Inlet about 75 miles from Anchorage, has a 50-50 chance of spewing out hot ...

The Kilauea volcano has been erupting on and off since December 2024. In February 2025, lava started shooting up into the air ...

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In 2018, the side of the Anak Krakatau volcano collapsed in a powerful eruption and produced a tsunami that killed hundreds and injured thousands on nearby Java and Sumatra in Indonesia. A new ...

NASA’s Juno mission found Io’s biggest volcanic eruption ever. The explosion was stronger than all Earth’s power plants ...

U.K. scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough by making the first image of the inside of a scroll carbonized by ...

He recalled that "in 2011 we saw a similar activity, which lasted 14 months and did not lead to a volcanic eruption" ...