The true date of the eruption has long eluded—and vexed—historians of the deadly disaster. Here’s what the archaeological ...

From the fiery lava fountains of Hawaiʻi’s Kīlauea volcano to the dramatic eruption of the Reykjanes Peninsula Fissure ...

Mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS reached its perihelion, or its closest point to the Sun, earlier this year, shedding copious amounts of ice and dust in the process. “We were all surprised,” ...

A: I have seen some of those videos as well. My reaction is that if someone is stealing from your porch, they should not be able to complain if if turns out to be a booby trap. I also read, if the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. How and if a volcano explodes depends on how and when bubbles of ...

Hayli Gubbi in Ethiopia has been dormant for all of recorded history. A long-dormant volcano has just erupted for the first time in recorded history. The Hayli Gubbi volcano in northern Ethiopia's ...

A long-quiet volcano in Ethiopia spewed ash nine miles into the sky on Sunday, marking the first known major eruption from this volcano for more than 12,000 years. Under-studied and situated in ...

Streams of molten lava flowed from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano overnight Saturday into Sunday, ahead of another eruption expected to take shape in the coming days, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

A volcano on Japan’s major western island of Kyushu had multiple eruptions on Sunday, Nov. 16, sending a plume of smoke and ash almost three miles into the air, causing tens of flight cancellations ...

In 1970, a 45-foot, 8-ton sperm whale washed ashore near Florence, Oregon. The Oregon State Highway Division decided to dispose of the carcass using dynamite. Florence will celebrate the 55th ...