Some people have reported seeing so-called “ witch’s hair ” drifting in the air. These are fine, sharp, glassy needles that ...

The vessel, seized by infamous pirates en route to Lisbon from Goa, was carrying an “eye-watering” amount of treasure, archeologists say.

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano sent jets of lava shooting over 1,000 feet into the air early Friday morning, marking another explosive episode for the active volcano.

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is erupting again in spectacular fashion, sending lava shooting 1,000 feet into the sky, according to the United States Geological Survey.

Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano in south-central Indonesia erupted on Tuesday, spewing towering columns of hot ash into the air. Authorities raised the eruption alert to the highest level and ...

Scientists have probed tiny glass beads among NASA's Apollo 17 rock samples and found new information about the moon's ancient volcanoes.

A volcano seems to have been identified near the rim of Jezero crater on Mars, which is being explored by NASA’s Perseverance rover. The vehicle may have already sampled material spewed out by ...

When volcanoes are preparing to erupt, scientists rely on typical signs to warn people living nearby: deformation of the ground and earthquakes, caused by underground chambers filling up with ...

Some volcanoes don’t give much — or any — warning before they go off. Veniaminof, Alaska, is one of them: it is a ‘stealthy’ volcano, which doesn’t show the ...

NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter captures one of the Red Planet's biggest volcanoes peeking over clouds at dawn.

The 1980 eruption cycle made Mount St. Helens one of the most famous volcanoes in the Cascades. But it is far from the only volcano in the range.

“But that is a dangerous volcano, and volcanologists knew it could have a sudden explosion.” Life in the shadow of a volcano There are more than 1,500 active volcanoes in 81 countries.