ATHENS, Greece -- Multiple earthquakes are rattling Santorini, a volcanic island in Greece, prompting authorities to dispatch rescuers with tents, a sniffer dog and drones, and to shut schools on four ...

When this pressure is released, for example as a result of plate movement, magma shoots to the surface causing a volcanic eruption. Above the ground the liquid rock is called lava and as it cools ...

Exploring the transformation of Earth from a volcanic hellscape to a potential birthplace of life during the Hadean era.

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has uncovered an immense volcanic hot spot on Jupiter’s moon Io, surpassing any previously recorded ...

What I fear is that when a tsunami hits, people sit and film with their cameras, instead of moving away,’ he added to Live ...

An 'insane' influencer has been slammed by social media users for posing next to an erupting volcano in North Maluku, ...

Some other examples of igneous intrusions in Scotland can be found at Dumbarton Rock (a volcanic plug in Dumbarton) and Loudoun Hill (a volcanic plug in Ayrshire). Learn more about some of the ...

Fertile soils frequently blanket their slopes thanks to the slow breakdown of ancient volcanic rocks, which releases a host of nutrients vital for healthy crops and vineyards that produce ...

It produced a 'violent' ejection of pumice (a porous rock formed when a gas-rich froth of glassy lava solidifies rapidly) and a pyroclastic surge (a dense collection of hot gas and volcanic ...

The hexagonal volcanic pillars covering a large area of ... But what is unique about the rock pillars is that they tilted to the east by 30 degrees. It suggested that the whole system had tilted ...

Nakhlites are a unique suite of ~20 Martian meteorites. They are basaltic pyroxenites with mineralogies dominated by cumulative pyroxene and olivine. Traditionally considered to represent a shallow ...