The explosiveness of a volcanic eruption depends on how many gas bubbles form in the magma—and when. Until now, it was ...

Scientists have uncovered a long-missing piece of the volcanic puzzle: rising magma doesn’t just form explosive gas bubbles ...

Volcanoes are often framed as nature’s most violent spectacles, yet some of the largest on Earth ooze lava quietly for years ...

The next global volcanic disaster is more likely to come from volcanoes that appear dormant and are barely monitored than ...

Learn how stress inside a volcano can make gas bubbles form early, helping explain why some eruptions stay quiet instead of ...

The Foundation of Mountain Building Mountain building, also known as orogenesis, is a geological process that involves the ...

A volcano in northern Ethiopia erupted Sunday, marking its first known eruption in 12,000 years. The volcano, called Hayli ...

The physics of java and lava are actually quite similar, at least when it comes to bubbles, according to a surprising study.

A new study explains why even gas-rich, supposedly explosive volcanoes sometimes erupt quietly instead of blowing apart.

Scientists have discovered that shear forces inside rising magma can create gas bubbles long before pressure drops occur. The ...

The Hayli Gubbi volcano, long thought to be dormant, sent ash nine miles into the sky in an eruption on Sunday ...

When we start talking about Earth's origin, there are many theories on the table that have been tossed around for years, with the Big Bang hypothesis often leading the charge. But thanks to the James ...