A seismic survey challenges the long-standing belief that only active volcanoes have large magma bodies sitting beneath them.

Looking at the Cascade Range in the US, geologists found large amounts of magma lurking beneath even long-dormant volcanoes.

Archaeologists in Italy found footprints of Pompeii inhabitants, revealing a dramatic flight from a bronze age Mount Vesuvius ...

New Cornell University led-research challenges the long-standing belief that active volcanoes have large magma bodies that ...

With rooms for cold, hot, warm baths, and a plunge room, this discovery is one of the largest private bathhouses found at ...

The disaster began midday on August 24 or October 24, 79 CE, when Mount Vesuvius erupted, sending a cloud of volcanic fragments and gas into the air.

Groundbreaking research reveals new details of how the deadly Mount Vesuvius destroyed the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in ...

Archeologists at the site of Pompeii's volcanic eruption, which devastated the Roman city in 79CE, have revealed a detailed ...

HISTORIANS have mapped out a minute-by-minute account of the final moments of Pompeii – as gas and ash transformed locals into glass. A staggering 16,000 people were buried during one of the ...

Many are familiar with the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD that destroyed Pompeii. But centuries earlier, Vesuvius also sent ...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 was one of the most deadly volcanic events in history. Now, scientists have revealed a minute-by-minute account of how the devastation unfolded.