Trapped in a gravitational push and pull between Jupiter and other Jovian moons, Io is constantly being stretched and ...

The natural world has brewed up a spooky 'skull' in a deep volcanic pit in the Sahara Desert. From space, the sight really does look like a ghostly apparition – a white face glowering from our ...

Some volcanoes, such as the Cascade volcanoes up in Washington and Oregon, are of the type called a stratovolcano. These steep volcanoes sometimes erupt explosively and other times have calmer lava ...

Scientists have long wondered how volcanoes formed in central Anatolia despite being far from tectonic plate borders—now they've found evidence of a hot plume of magma flowing from East Africa. Riders ...

A VOLCANO thought to be dead has roared into life and risen from the ground – sparking fears of its first eruption for ...

For centuries, Mount Taftan has been considered dormant volcano, a quiet sentinel in the Makran region of southeastern Iran.

Specifically, a team from the University of Bath and King’s College London believes that the gas could be used to treat ...

Ancient explosive volcanic eruptions on Mars could help explain mysterious hints of buried ice from the Red Planet's equator, ...

Researchers said this suggests that a significant amount of gas pressure is building up below the volcano’s surface. The ...

Oregon is home to much natural beauty, including this gorgeous area that was formed countless years ago from the remains of a ...

Nearly 4000 years ago, and 1500 years before Pompeii was buried by volcanic ash, the Bronze Age city of Akrotiri was ...

America’s geological wonders don’t need erupting volcanoes to create breathtaking spectacles that look straight out of a ...