When most of us think about active volcanoes in the U.S., Mount St. Helens, Mt. Rainier and a few others will first come to mind. However, one of the most active volcanoes in the region is about a ...

But major volcanic disasters have occurred elsewhere: like the 2010 eruption in Iceland, which disrupted European air traffic for several weeks, and the massive event in 2022 in Tonga that ...

By April this year, scientists will start to decide whether to send a mission to intercept an asteroid that may hit Earth in ...

An steroid up to 300ft wide now has a 2.2% chance of colliding into Earth. It could prompt a space mission to intercept it.

Find out about volcanic hazards in Tongariro National Park, how to reduce risk when visiting, and what to do in the event of an eruption. Tongariro National Park is an active volcanic area. Eruptions ...

All ski club lodges on Mount Ruapehu are safe from lahars, flying rocks and other life-threatening volcanic hazards. Lahars flowing down the Whakapapanui River may threaten bridges on the Whakapapa ...

Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes, has been erupting on and off for nearly two months since it burst to life ...

Kilauea, located about 200 miles (320 kilometers) southeast of Honolulu, is one of five volcanoes that make up the Big Island ...

The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island sprang to life yet again this week with a Tuesday morning eruption that shot lava more than 300 feet in the air. The latest incident started at about 10:16 a ...

In 2018, the side of the Anak Krakatau volcano collapsed in a powerful eruption and produced a tsunami that killed hundreds and injured thousands on nearby Java and Sumatra in Indonesia. A new ...

Kilauea volcano is shooting lava into the air once again in Hawaii. Kilauea on the Big Island of Hawaii is one of the world’s ...