Mount Etna in Italy is one of the most well-studied volcanoes in the world. It has been erupting for thousands of years, and ...

On Jan. 26, 2026, the Submillimeter Array (SMA) on Maunakea crossed an important threshold for time-domain astronomy. For the ...

Footage captured a July 30 phreatomagmatic eruption at the Taal Volcano in the Philippines, launching ash 1,476 feet into the ...

Mount Etna’s past eruptions reveal that a single volcano can erupt through very different underground pathways.

Volcanoes can behave in strikingly different ways, even when they appear nearly identical. Some release slow, steady lava ...

A star could be about to become visible in the night sky in a once-every-80-years explosion. Here’s how to easily find T ...

Dramatic footage shows a vehicle erupting in flames in Lower Manhattan near the iconic Charging Bull on Tuesday evening. Firefighters responded to the blaze near Broadway and Stone Street an… The ...

Astronomers pictured novae—the violent explosions that occur on the surface of white dwarf stars—as simple, spherical fireballs. You could think of them as the ...

Scientists have discovered an enormous stream of super-hot gas erupting from a nearby galaxy, driven by a powerful black hole at its center. The jets stretch farther than the galaxy itself and spiral ...

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The renewed activity marks the opening chapter of what scientists fear could be another restless year for Europe's most active volcano. Authorities are closely tracking lava paths and ash drift. Mount ...

New research reveals that volcanic magma can generate gas bubbles not only as pressure drops during ascent, but also through internal shear forces that “knead” the molten rock. These shear-driven ...