Volcanic soil is the closest parallel to the soil on the Moon, which is called regolith, and scientists used it to test technology like Moon rovers. We left the cable car, and it felt like we were no ...

Two of the area's most iconic locales – Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii – can be found roughly 15 miles away from central Naples. Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano left on Europe's mainland ...

Art and sculpture, wine and pasta, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Vatican City and Venice are just some of what Italy is famous ...

Special ticketed events at theme parks have gained a big interest in recent years, with guests wanting to take advantage of ...

Learn how the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 transformed one unfortunate Herculaneum resident’s brain into organic glass ...

The pilot perished in the crash, authorities said. Terry Dolan, a U.S. Bancorp executive, is believed to have been on board, ...

Mount Spurr, a 11,000-foot-tall volcano that sits just 81 miles from the largest city in the state, is due to blow this year for the first time in 30 years. City officials in Anchorage have raised ...

Construction work was halted, and the island’s quiet season got quieter. Sitting on the caldera of an ancient volcano, Santorini owes its very existence — and much of its phenomenal beauty ...

King Of The Hill reference: "Phoenix, Arizona, no question: it is the fifth-largest city in the US, is located in the middle ...

Fast forward 60 minutes and as we’d looped back around the volcano, aka the ‘lighthouse of the Mediterranean’ and the situation had got rather more exciting. Bright orange lava was now ...