A new model suggests Yellowstone's underground magma is driven by tectonic forces that shape Earth's crust.
Venus may be hiding a vast network of underground caves carved by ancient lava.
Until now, lava tubes on the second planet were purely theoretical.
The volcanic hot spot is larger than Lake Superior, spewing eruptions six times the total energy of all of the world's power plants.
Not even the strongest microbes can survive volcanic eruptions, but they are capable of returning surprisingly quickly, according to a new study.
A USGS webcam captured harrowing footage of Hawaii’s Kīlauea erupting over the weekend. It didn't survive.
A NASA satellite recently captured a volcanic plume billowing from Krasheninnikova.
Seven volcanoes in the area erupted simultaneously, and for the first time in almost 300 years.
An 18th-century British ambassador to Italy was so fascinated by volcanoes that he designed a multimedia device to make watercolor lava seem like it's moving.
Several years of repeated volcanic eruptions near the town of Grindavík have driven most residents to flee.
Glacial retreat caused a wave of volcanic activity in southern Chile as the last Ice Age came to an end, according to new research.
The researchers posit that the volcano could have supported conditions favorable for life in the once-watery Jezero crater.
One of Mars' tallest volcanoes peeps over a thick layer of clouds, in Odyssey’s first picture of Arsia Mons peering over the Red Planet's horizon.
A new study suggests the planet’s iconic domes owe their strange shape to both thick lava and a flexible surface.
This Cold War outpost concealed more than submarines—it hosted a devastating eruption that cooled the planet nearly 200 years ago.
Traces of ruthenium in volcanic rock point to a hidden geological highway.
Carbon dioxide emissions from rising magma is one of the earliest signs that a volcano is waking up, but measuring it directly is notoriously difficult.
A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.
An ultra-powerful eruption 79,500 years ago may not have disrupted the climate as badly as feared, according to Earth scientists.
Researchers found organic glass in the skull of a volcano victim, indicating the extreme and unique environment triggered by Vesuvius's eruption in 79 CE.
