A powerful eruption from Japan’s Shinmoedake volcano sent a massive ash plume over 3 miles into the sky, covering cities and prompting urgent warnings. Roads disappeared under thick ash, and large ...

Commercial pilots flying near Mount St. Helens reported a plume of fine ash rising over the volcano. USGS says it's a ...

Ash from the catastrophic 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens began to swirl around the volcano this week, creating a smoky haze that obscured its summit.

From Vesuvius to Laki, we've seen some monstrous eruptions of volcanoes throughout history. Most of these volcanoes are ...

The 1883 Krakatoa volcano erupted with a force of 200 megatons of TNT. By comparison, the bomb that destroyed the Japanese ...

Lava emerged from the north vent in Halemaumau Crater after midnight. The vent began shooting fountains of lava at 6:35 a.m., ...

Young Mars would have been a staggering place to explore. The Red Planet was covered in flowing rivers of both water and lava. At the time, a series of four volcanoes — Olympus Mons and the three ...

According to Lucca D’Auria, director of volcanic monitoring, the tremors are linked to Tenerife’s underground hydrothermal ...