A large volcano in Hawaii began erupting on Sunday afternoon, sending fiery fountains of lava and hot ash high into the sky. The U.S. Geological Survey showed video of Mount Kilauea spewing lava ...

An image of lava fountains erupting from Halemaʻumaʻu Crater within Kīlauea volcano on the Big Island as part of Episode 42 ...

Many Hawaiʻi Island communities downwind from the eruptive vents in the southwest portion of Halemaʻumaʻu Crater inside the ...

When referred to as a gas, it means a volatile has transitioned into the vapor phase. The most common gases (or vapor phase volatiles) emitted at the surface are water (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), and ...

NASA has recorded the most powerful volcanic eruption outside of Earth on Io, one of Jupiter’s moons. On December 27, 2022, ...

Hidden in the Pacific, two very different volcanoes are forcing scientists to rethink what counts as “biggest.” Tamu Massif, ...

HONOLULU — Hawaii's Kilauea volcano resumed erupting Friday by shooting an arc of lava 100 feet (30 meters) into the air and across a section of its summit crater floor. It was Kilauea's 31st display ...

Spectacular videos show several volcanoes erupting and spewing fiery lava. Guatemala's Volcan de Fuego, meaning volcano of fire, began spouting a constant stream of molten lava on February 23. It's ...

The curious minds at What If explore the chaos of launching all of Earth’s trash into an erupting volcano, imagining ...

In volcanoes, fluid inclusions are dominantly composed of CO 2. At magmatic temperatures (1200˚ C or 2192˚ F), the density of the CO 2 strongly depends on pressure, which is influenced by the depth of ...