The Moon has long been treated as a geologically dead world, a frozen relic that finished erupting billions of years ago. A wave of new data is now challenging that assumption, pointing instead to a ...

A look back at 2025, as seen from space. Cameras and instruments on board satellites picked up natural events, human ...

When you look back at 2025 from an altitude of 250 miles, you can see the scale of natural events like hurricanes and ...

Scientists are trained to be professional skeptics: to always judge the validity of a claim or finding on the basis of ...

MIT scientists have used modern technology to unravel the mysterious self-healing properties of ancient Roman concrete.

Here's a rundown of top 10 countries with the most historically active volcanoes In this photo released by the Afar Government Communication Bureau, ash billows from an eruption of the long-dormant ...

Countries with the Most Volcanoes: Volcanoes are powerful openings in the Earth’s crust where hot lava, ash, and gases escape from below the surface. Some countries have more volcanoes because they ...

The explosiveness of a volcanic eruption depends on how many gas bubbles form in the magma—and when. Until now, it was thought that gas bubbles were formed primarily when the ambient pressure dropped ...

Volcanic lightning, in simple terms, is an incredibly eerie and mysterious phenomenon, in the form of a powerful barrage of lightning that occurs, not through thunderstorms, but rather during volcanic ...

The July 30 8.8 magnitude earthquake near the Kamchatka Peninsula has triggered a series of volcanic activity in Russia. Officials report the rare event of six eruptions since the earthquake. The Ring ...

A recent earthquake swarm at Mount Rainier in Washington state, along with increased volcanic activity in Alaska, Oregon, and Hawaii, has captured the news media's attention and sparked questions ...

Volcanoes in Alaska, Washington state, Oregon and Hawaii have been rumbling and even spewing lava, enough to spark a swarm of news stories. But despite the jolts and temblors, geologists say there's ...