Like a misdirected punch from a heavyweight boxer, a glancing blow from the Sun can still pack a wallop. Results from a fleet of observatories in space and on the ground were used to dissect a solar ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has erupted, creating a "beautiful" lava glow in the sky and video footage shows the eruption unfolding, up close. The eruption began at around 12:30 a.m. on Monday June 3, ...

The sun has certainly had a busy weekend. Not only has our star fired off multiple M-class solar flares, and coronal mass ejections (eruptions of magnetic field and solar plasma), but now it's topped ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Giant plumes of smoke and rivers of lava spew out of Mount Etna as it erupted on the island of ...

When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted on Jan. 15, 2022, it sent atmospheric shock waves, sonic booms, and tsunami waves around the world. Now, scientists are finding the volcano’s effects ...

A volcanic eruption in the South Pacific was so powerful that its shockwaves left the planet and reached space, new research shows. The 2022 underwater Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai eruption, one of the ...

Although volcanic eruptions may seem like a distant worry for many of us, about 10 percent of the world's population lives within striking distance of a volcano. This includes those living in the U.S.

The 2009 eruption of Sarychev Peak Volcano, Kuril Islands, viewed from the International Space Station. A new study says that a similar eruption was behind a cooling event with worldwide effects 200 ...