A stunning composite image, made up of three years' worth of satellite photos, shows the ancient lava of Libya's Haruj ...

In Tonga, year 2022 already arrived, but explosive eruptions of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano continue since Dec 20, characterized by dark and dense masses of pyroclastic material [read ...

Io is home to around an estimated 400 volcanoes, which occasionally send plumes of lava and gas into space. The discovery of volcanic activity on Io dates back to 1979 when the Voyager 1 ...

When Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano erupted in 2010 it left millions of travellers stranded and cost airlines an estimated €900 million. Now geophysicists are using satellites to provide advance ...

A section of kāmahi trees near the volcano's summit is known as the "Goblin ... Related: See all the best images of Earth from space In 2017, the New Zealand government granted Mount Taranaki ...

This stunning satellite photo shows one of the world's most famous and potentially dangerous volcanoes, Mount Vesuvius, playing a game of peek-a-boo with an orbiting spacecraft through a strangely ...

The acid yellow moon Io that orbits Jupiter may be less than 30% the size of Earth, but is considered the most volcanic body ...

"This is the most powerful volcanic event ever recorded on the most volcanic world in our solar system — so that's really saying something." ...

Volcanoes are formed when magma (liquid rock) trapped underneath the Earth’s crust rises to the surface and escapes through cracks. The space for the magma to leave is very small and ...