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

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

The sudden awakening of a volcano that had been quiet for roughly 12,000 years has transformed a remote corner of Ethiopia into a global focal point, as a towering ash plume shot into the sky like an ...

Sunday marked the first official record of the Hayli Gubbi volcano, in Ethiopia's remote Danakil region, erupting.

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

An explosive eruption rocked La Soufriere volcano on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent on Friday after the government ordered thousands to evacuate their homes nearby. Experts said the ash ...

What is the importance of studying explosive volcanism on Venus? This is what a study published in the Journal of Geophysical ...

Gas emissions, earthquakes and ground deformations at Mount Spurr, an Alaskan volcano roughly 80 miles northwest of Anchorage, indicate that it is “progressing toward an eruption,” scientists said ...

The Hayli Gubbi volcano, a lesser-known feature in Ethiopia's Danakil region, made headlines this morning with its explosive eruption, marking a significant event in the volcano's recorded history.

The volcano spewed ash more than three miles into the air just a day after scientists warned of a possible explosive eruption ...

Volcanoes, with their sheer power and captivating beauty, have mesmerized the human imagination for centuries. These ...