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Taftan volcano in southeastern Iran rose 3.5 inches over 10 months, signaling that it is waking up after 700,000 years of dormancy.

In this astronaut photo, an infamous Nicaraguan volcano coughs up toxic clouds of gas a few years after its first eruptions for more than a century. Momotombo is an active stratovolcano that sits on ...

How did young volcanoes on Mars form? This is what a recent study published in the journal Geology hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated th | Space ...

The giant volcano had been hiding in plain sight for decades in one of Mars' most iconic regions. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

While volcanoes have brought profound changes to landscapes here on Earth, volcanic activity on other planets and moons has followed a different path. It's easy to imagine space volcanoes as even more ...

A massive volcano has been hiding in plain sight on Mars, says new research. Not only is its sheer size noteworthy, but the team believes it might also harbor glacial ice that could be critical for ...

Kavachi Volcano in the Solomon Islands is one of the most active submarine volcanoes in the Pacific. According to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program, the volcano entered an eruptive phase in ...

The newest eruption on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula, which sent lava spewing over 100 feet into the air, has been captured on camera from space. On May 29, the volcano started erupting for the fifth ...

Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea hosts three large volcanoes along its mountainous middle: Mount Balbi, Mount Bagana, and the Mount Takuan volcanic complex. Of these, only Mount Bagana is ...

A tiny town in Iceland stands on the brink of a lava flow, in new images visible from space. Grindavík has been under continual threat from volcanic eruptions for weeks. The flow originates beneath ...

A global early-warning system strives to keep aircraft safe from volcanic eruptions. Mark Piesing A small aircraft flies over the Bardarbunga volcano as it spews lava and ash in southeast Iceland. The ...