A 2021 satellite photo shows an unusual series of concentric cloud rings that appeared directly above an erupting volcano on ...

A gif of the footage can be seen just below. Yesterday, Hawai'i's Kīlauea had its 49th eruptive episode, with lava fountains reaching about 700 feet (210 meters) into the air.

Tourists fled an erupting volcano that sent red-hot lava into the air.

HONOLULU--Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano resumed erupting on Tuesday, firing lava 330 feet (100 meters) into the sky from its ...

The volcano on Indonesia's Halmahera Island routinely ejects ash, volcanic gases, and volcanic bombs. In May 2026, the Global Volcanism Program reported nine actively erupting volcanoes in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. How and if a volcano explodes depends on how and when bubbles of ...

Terrified tourists were seen scrambling for cover as they were pelted with lava from an exploding volcano in Guatemala.

Volcanologist Martin Mangler explains how volcanic eruptions work to push lava into the air. Listen on the The Conversation’s ...

Scientists have uncovered a long-missing piece of the volcanic puzzle: rising magma doesn’t just form explosive gas bubbles when pressure drops—it can do so simply by being sheared and “kneaded” ...

The explosiveness of a volcanic eruption depends on how many gas bubbles form in the magma—and when. Until now, it was thought that gas bubbles were formed primarily when the ambient pressure dropped ...