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Mount Spurr volcano, near Anchorage, Alaska, is showing increased activity. Scientists have detected a swarm of earthquakes beneath the volcano. This suggests magma is moving upwards. Anchorage ...

See composite views of the Cartwheel Galaxy captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. The galaxy is 500 million light years away and has also been imaged by Hubble Space Telescope, comparison shown ...

Skip Yosemite’s crowds and explore otherworldly landscapes with lava fields and steaming fumaroles along epic hikes in this California hidden gem.

The island also has 112 volcanoes, according to Britannica, with 35 of them still active. A long mountain range runs across the island’s spine, creating spectacular ridges, lowlands and volcanic ...

Multiple small earthquakes have been detected beneath a massive volcano in Alaska this week, as experts warn it may be 'moving closer to an eruption.' Scientists have been keeping a close eye on ...

Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, has been erupting on and off for more than three months since it burst to life on December 23. During the eruptive episodes, lava fountains ...

When the Kīlauea Volcano erupted in May 2018, an enormous amount of ash was released into the atmosphere in a plume nearly five miles high. A new study by an international team of researchers ...

A thick cloud of smoke poured out of the Poas Volcano, in Costa Rica’s Alajuela province, on Tuesday, April 8, during the crater’s latest eruption. During a press conference, Alejandro Picado, ...

The Nasdaq Composite relinquished early gains and closed down 2.40% as Wall Street weathered another day of intense volatility. The tech-focused index struggled to maintain momentum after a ...

The Office of Civil Defense is in the middle of preparations should the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) raise Kanlaon Volcano's alert status from the current Level 3 to ...

This image from webcam footage provided by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) shows lava shooting up high during an ongoing eruption of Kilauea volcano inside Hawaii Volcanoes National ...