The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory spearheads Volcano Awareness Month each January on the Island of Hawaii. This year, in ...

The good news is that because the top of the volcano is still 4,500 feet below the ocean’s surface, it poses no danger to people.

At 4,000 miles long and 30–40 miles wide, the East African Rift (EAR) system is one of the geologic wonders of the world.

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

NASA's Juno spacecraft has spotted the most powerful volcanic eruption ever seen on the solar system's most volcanic body, the Jovian moon Io.

The Juno mission has discovered remarkably strong activity on Jupiter's moon, Io. The hot spot emits eruptions with energy ...

Earth bubbles and broils beneath an underwater peak called Axial Seamount, located 480 kilometers (300 miles) off Oregon's ...

The Juno mission has detected exceptionally intense volcanic activity on Io, one of Jupiter's moons. Scientists from NASA's ...

Volcanic eruptions can release lava, rocks, dust ... This massive collection of basalt columns is linked to a volcanic fissure eruption. That's when a fissure in the Earth's crust lets the ...

The eruption began when a large fissure opened up about 30 miles (45 km) northeast of the volcano's caldera and created a large lava field known as Holuhraun, which translates to "the hollow lava ...

Mount Hekla in Iceland, known as 'the chimney of hell' by medieval Christians, has been considered a gateway to the ...

Visitors may encounter unstable ground, sharp volcanic rocks, and hidden lava tubes that pose risks of injury ... as a series of explosive fissure eruptions occurred.