Spectacular lava fountains erupted from Kīlauea’s summit on February 4, 2025, with molten rock shooting approximately 50 ...

Even though it happened nearly two millennia ago, this Italian volcano near Naples remains most famous for encasing the ...

The Hershey Company brand's new confection launches with a tongue-in-chocolatey-cheek 'PSA' warning fans to ensure they're ...

A lava delta is created when molten rock reaches a flat area and spreads out in multiple directions like a fan. After this lava delta collapsed, new lava spewed from the tube like a fire hose into ...

It's the seventh eruption since just before Christmas at one of the world's most active volcanoes, with lava shooting ...

They form when molten rock cools below the surface of the Earth ... A plug forms when molten lava and hot ash gets stuck as an upright gooey mess in the vent of a volcano. That’s the channel ...

That movement has now left one pool of molten material on the west of the caldera disconnected from any heat sources, which will likely allow it to cool. Meanwhile, the largest pool of near-surface ...

Approximately 700,000 years ago when molten rock erupted from a vent in nearby Hart Prairie, the mile-long Lava River Cave was formed. Today, visitors can explore the cave's cool, dark expanse by ...

Like a giant exploding ember floating in space, a planet made of molten lava and covered in active volcanoes was recently described in The Astronomical Journal. Known as TOI-6713.01, the exoplanet ...

The Department of Geology has changed its name to the Department of Earth Sciences to better reflect the breath of its work.

spewing columns of lava 80m (260 feet) above Hawaii, US vulcanologists said. Images showed enormous fissures in the caldera of Kilauea, on Hawaii’s Big Island, spraying jets of molten rock into ...