Last year three tourists died in Italy when they fell into a pit in a volcanic crater. At present, about 800 million people live within 100 km of an active volcano - a distance well within reach ...

Lunar soil brought back by Chinese mission reveals volcanic eruptions billions of years ago, offering new clues about the ...

The JCG announced that it found the most likely culprit as it located an underwater volcanic crater believed to have erupted within a year near Torishima island in the Izu island chain south of Tokyo.

After analyzing the sample brought by Chang'e-6, researchers found that the moon’s oldest and deepest crater on its far side ...

But even without these lofty nicknames, the crater is a stunning a sight. Formed 2.5 million years ago after an extinct volcano collapsed on itself, the caldera is largest of its kind in the world.

A volcanic eruption took place in the Reykjanes peninsula on Wednesday thrusting forth a large amount of lava and smoke into ...

The small town of Nordlingen is built on an asteroid crater, and its buildings are filled with diamonds created by the ...

GRINDAVIK, Iceland — A volcano erupted with lava spewing from the crater on the Rekjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland ...

Rescue workers are sifting through smoldering debris and thick mud in search of survivors a day after a volcano on ...

Several international airlines have canceled flights to and from Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali because of an ongoing ...