The last super-eruption at Yellowstone volcano, which occurred 631,000 years ago, was not one huge explosion. Instead, new research suggests it was a series of eruptions or multiple vents spewing ...

Federal scientists are pushing back against viral claims that “mega eruptions” could strike within days, even as they quietly ...

Volcanoes simultaneously erupting across the globe grabbed headlines this week, with eruptions recorded in Italy, Iceland, Japan, Mexico and Russia. The Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism ...

If the theory is proven correct, the consequences could be enormous, spelling a much more risky, explosive future.

The Sun has shifted into a more explosive mood, hurling multiple bursts of energy and plasma into space that now appear to be converging on Earth. Forecasters are watching closely as one particularly ...

The explosive eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in the Southern Pacific in 2021/22 drew the world's attention to volcanism beneath the oceans. Submarine volcanoes are abundant, but their ...

Scientists on NASA’s New Horizons mission team have determined multiple episodes of cryovolcanism may have created some kinds of surface structures on Pluto, the likes of which are not seen anywhere ...

Scientists now say it's likely that the closest active volcano to Anchorage will erupt soon. They announced in mid-March that the chances had gone up for Mount Spurr to blow "within the next few weeks ...

Fresh magma has intruded into the Earth’s crust underneath Alaska’s Mount Spurr, 75 miles west of Anchorage, increasing the likelihood of an eruption within the near future, government officials said ...

Aerial view of the Grand Prismatic Spring at Yellowstone National Park, with blue center and orange and yellow at the edges The last super-eruption at Yellowstone volcano, which occurred 631,000 years ...