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 ...

This 2022 satellite photo shows the summit of "one of the world's most dangerous volcanoes," Mount Vesuvius, peering up ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Eagle-eyed geologist Mark Tingay recently noticed the emergence of a ‘ghost island’ in November of 2024, caused by a submarine mud volcano called Kumani Bank. Satellites show that the island formed 15 ...

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 ...