Restless Kīlauea Launches Lava and Ash
Kīlauea has entered its second year of episodic activity after reawakening in December 2024. Since then, the Hawaiian…
Lake Coatepeque – NASA Science
Just inland from the Pacific coast of El Salvador, the striking blue waters of Lake Coatepeque fill part…
Scoria Cones on Earth and Mars
Since the 1970s, planetary geologists have known that volcanic features cover large swaths of Mars. Early Mariner 9…
Home Reef Adds On – NASA Science
Home Reef, a mid-ocean volcano in the Tonga archipelago, continues to build onto its modest land area. Volcanic…
Scientists Found a Massive Lava Tube Hiding Beneath the Surface of Venus
Scientists may have found the first evidence of underground tunnels lurking beneath the surface of Venus, carved by…
Scientists Spot First Known Lava Tube on Venus
Researchers had only hypothesized the existence of underground lava tubes on Venus—until now. Using decades-old radar data, a…
NASA Detects Most Powerful Eruption Ever on Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io
Jupiter’s moon Io is covered in hundreds of volcanoes, which spew fountains of lava that constantly refill impact…
Scientists issue warning that hidden ‘ice volcanoes’ could awaken: ‘Talking about chaos’
While the first thing you may think of with melting glaciers is rising sea levels, there’s another hidden…
Scientists Shocked to Discover Microbes ‘Colonizing’ Lava Within Hours of Solidifying
Microbes have a penchant to survive almost everywhere on Earth and in the most extreme conditions. This includes…
Bermuda waters are hiding a mysterious giant structure that’s ‘unlike anything else’
The Bermuda Triangle may not be the biggest mystery of the Atlantic. In a new study published in…
Kilauea displays lava fountains for the 37th time since its eruption began last year
HONOLULU — The on-and-off eruption that’s been dazzling residents and visitors on Hawaii’s Big Island for nearly a…
AI simulation of a Mount Fuji eruption is being used to prepare Tokyo for the worst
TOKYO — Mount Fuji hasn’t erupted since 1707. But for Volcanic Disaster Preparedness Day, Japanese officials have released…