Where Volcanoes Are Born Most volcanoes form at the boundaries of Earth's tectonic plates, which are huge slabs of crust and ...

These ghostly hoops have been spotted above volcanic events around the world. But how they form has long been a mystery. Mount Etna—located in Catania, Italy—is one of the rare volcanoes that can blow ...

Deadliest volcanic eruption: The 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia, which killed up to 100,000 people From lava fountains to towering ash clouds, volcanoes produce some of the most dramatic ...

Some scientists think we can better understand volcanoes by learning how the gaseous vortexes emerge. By Carolyn Wilke Some volcanoes perform a rather subtle trick: blowing rings of vapor that waft ...

“This process can be likened to a bottle of sparkling water containing dissolved volatiles that exolve when the bottle is ...

The skies over Mayon Volcano in the Philippines have just been declared off-limits to aircraft — and for good reason. With new lava spines forming at the summit and volcanic unrest continuing, ...

HONOLULU — One of the most active volcanos on Earth is erupting on Hawaii’s Big Island. Officials with the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed Wednesday that an eruption has begun in Kilauea volcano’s ...

The Hawaiian volcano Mt. Kilauea just started to erupt at 11:06 a.m. Eastern Time. The U.S. Geological Survey says it’s a vigorous eruption that is getting visual very quickly. Here is the live camera ...

The most volcanic world in our solar system has sprouted a new volcano. And its lava flows are enormous. Jupiter's molten moon Io has been surveyed by a number of passing spacecraft, allowing ...

HONOLULU — One of the most active volcanoes on Earth is erupting on Hawaii’s Big Island. Officials with the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed Wednesday that an eruption has begun in Kilauea volcano’s ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HONOLULU (AP) — One of the most active ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HONOLULU (AP) — One of the most active ...