A volcano in Russia's far east on Wednesday spewed ash several kilometers into the sky, authorities said, putting on a ...

In the midst of a volcanic eruption, lightning can streak across the ash and smoke above it, but what do we think causes ...

An image of Augustine erupting on January 13, 2006, from about 50 miles away from the volcano. Courtesy of Gerald Andrew When Mount St. Augustine in Alaska erupted in mid-January 2006 for the first ...

Kilauea volcano put on another spectacular show Friday night with lava fountaining in Halemaumau crater reaching new heights for the latest eruption, which began nearly 10 months ago. Scientists with ...

But some refused to evacuate during the hazardous lava fountaining episode.

This year, the Earth’s core put on a show unlike any other, with volcanic eruptions that dazzled observers from every continent. Some of these eruptions were so breathtaking they left viewers ...

Great Sitkin Volcano sits in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, under busy flight paths between Asia, North America, and Europe. Lava ...

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 ...

"What makes the event even more extraordinary is that it did not involve a single volcano, but multiple active sources." ...