Where Volcanoes Are Born Most volcanoes form at the boundaries of Earth's tectonic plates, which are huge slabs of crust and ...

Olympus Mons, a shield volcano on Mars, is the largest volcano in the solar system, measuring approximately 370 miles in diameter and 26 kilometers in height. The formation of Olympus Mons and three ...

Some scientists think we can better understand volcanoes by learning how the gaseous vortexes emerge. By Carolyn Wilke Some volcanoes perform a rather subtle trick: blowing rings of vapor that waft ...

Rice farmers living in Sidoarjo Regency, Indonesia, awoke to a strange sight on May 29, 2006. The ground had ruptured overnight and was spewing out steam. In the following weeks, water, boiling-hot ...

Some volcanoes, such as the Cascade volcanoes up in Washington and Oregon, are of the type called a stratovolcano. These steep volcanoes sometimes erupt explosively and other times have calmer lava ...

Volcanic eruptions are perhaps nature's most terrifying display of power. Catastrophic eruptions of volcanoes like Mount Vesuvius, Krakatoa, and Mount St. Helens have gone down as some of the most ...

Kilauea in Hawai’i has been in a state of near-constant eruption for decades, providing researchers with a uniquely reliable setting to study one of our planet’s most unpredictable and destructive ...

The moon could contain massive slabs of ice at its north and south poles formed from the steam of vast ancient volcanoes, according to new research. If the new predictions are correct, it opens up the ...

A “fascinating” eruption is approaching as a sleeping giant underwater volcano stirs with seismic activity near America’s west coast. The seismic activity of Axial Seamount, a submerged volcano ...

Italy’s Mount Etna erupted Monday, causing tourists to flee as smoke and ash billowed from Europe’s tallest active volcano. Have no fear: this won't happen in New England any time soon as there are ...