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Scientists on-site at Iceland’s erupting volcano near the capitol city of Reykjavik cooked up some hot dogs on…

Back in May 2018, Hawaii’s Kīlauea volcano kickstarted a months-long eruption that would turn out to be the most…

This story was produced in partnership with Atlas Obscura.

Satellite images have confirmed the presence of a persistent lava lake within the crater of Mount Michael—an active…

Kilauea’s largest eruption in at least 200 years may be over, but scientists are still learning about how it…

Hopefully your week has been better than leading New York politicians, like NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor…

Kilauea’s days of pumping old, stale magma to the surface are officially over and done. According to scientists with…

Residents of two Big Island communities have been advised to evacuate, as fast-moving magma from the Kilauea volcano…

Lava from Hawaii’s erupting Kilauea volcano has reached the Puna Geothermal Venture plant, covering a well and…

Molten lava from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has entered the grounds of Puna Geothermal Venture, a geothermal power…

After three weeks, the eruption at Kilauea volcano’s lower East Rift Zone shows no signs of abatement. In fact,…

The governor of Hawaii has declared a local state of emergency in the vicinity of the Mount Kilauea volcano…

The big advantage to compact action cams like the GoPro is that they’re tiny enough to capture shots in places where…

Io is the closest thing we have to hell in our Solar System, a Jovian moon that features hundreds of active…

Now here’s a thing. Have you ever really looked at lava falling into the ocean? I mean, really looked at it?

Late last week, a cliff collapse extinguished the dramatic lava flow streaming out of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano. We…

A month ago, a lava tube on the Hawaiian island of Kilauea was exposed after a large chunk of hardened magma broke…

“Lava viewing area” sounds like a feature of your favorite Super Mario game, but it’s also a real thing in Hawaii,…

“The sun dimmeth, the land sinketh, gusheth forth steam and gutting fire.”

Fire bubbles! That’s what happens when burning hot liquid magma hits water. National Geographic writes that,…