A 2024 satellite photo shows four end-to-end volcanoes perfectly spaced out along the Russian island of Simushir. One of these peaks was the...

The precious metal comes from Earth's largest gold reserve—the inner core.

Traces of ruthenium in volcanic rock point to a hidden geological highway.

By Ella Nilsen , CNNSometime between today and 200 years from now, scientists say “the big one” will hit the United States.There is danger...

By Ella Nilsen, CNN(CNN) — Sometime between today and 200 years from now, scientists say “the big one” will hit the United States.Ther...

Nearly a mile deep, the Pacific Ocean volcano known as Axial Seamount is drawing increasing scrutiny from scientists who only discovered its...

Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki on Indonesia's tourist island of Flores is erupting again, drawing warnings from the government and global aviation...

Also known as "volcano snails," these gastropods grow a suit of metal-enriched scaly armor and have an enormous heart, which helps them surv...

May 17, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the w...

5 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)Chaitén Volcano in southern Chile erupted on May 2, 2...

A volcano in the central Philippines erupted early Tuesday morning, spewing an ash plume that rose approximately three kilometres into the s...

A river that drained the slopes of a now-vanished volcano may have carved Yosemite Valley's depths during the last 10 million years.

Uturuncu volcano is technically dead but continues to eject plumes of gases

SCIENTISTS have discovered a hidden lid that keeps the vast reservoir of magma beneath the Yellowstone supervolcano at bay.For years sci...

A pair of 2021 satellite photos highlight an unusually heavy snowfall in Hawaii that covered the summits of the volcanoes Mauna Loa and Maun...