Venus, the hottest planet in the solar system, is estimated to have 85,000 volcanoes, based on radar images from NASA's 1989 ...

Magma moves through Hawaiian rift zones as dikes, which are tabular sheets of magma that move laterally and vertically ...

A newly openedvolcanic vent has been discovered in Yellowstone National Park, emitting thick plumes of steam and prompting ...

JAKARTA: At least seven international flights from Indonesia's resort island Bali have been cancelled, an airport official said on Friday (Mar 21), after a volcano in the archipelago nation's ...

The Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano in south-central Indonesia erupted three times into Friday, sending an ash column 26,200 feet high and prompting authorities to expand the danger zone around ...

The molten rock was contained within the park and wasn’t threatening residential areas. The volcano began its current eruption on Dec. 23. It has stopped and resumed more than a dozen times since.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The expected eruption of Mount Spurr — a volcano just 75 miles west of Alaska’s largest city — has prompted municipal officials to upgrade their activation status Thursday.

A new study by Dr. Margherita Mussi, published in Quaternary International, highlights how naturally occurring basalt spheres ...

The University of the West Indies (UWI) has set up instruments at the site of the Piparo mud volcano to monitor volcanic activity, as residents continue to complain of rumblings from the vents ...

At volcanoes like Kilauea, the bubbles are primarily CO2. The density of CO2 in a fluid inclusion is sensitive to the pressure the magma was under when the CO2 was trapped in a crystal.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This image from webcam footage provided by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) shows lava fountains ...