On some Mars images, Olympus Mons does not look dramatic at first glance. It sits there quietly, a wide pale rise against ...

A dormant volcano in Ethiopia erupted after 10,000 years of silence. This event shows how the world's little-known volcanoes ...

The ash plume disrupted flights as far away as India.

The 1815 eruption produced 60 megatons of sulfur, and as a result, average global temperatures dropped by around 3°C (5.4°F).

Rising more than twice the height of Mount Everest, Olympus Mons dominates the landscape of Mars and holds the title of the ...

The perfect relaxing thing to sneak off and watch whilst your family argues over the post-Christmas dinner game of Monopoly.

A volcano is one of the most unforgiving natural phenomenons on Earth. If you were to fall into its magma-filled center, your ...

This story was updated on Dec. 24, 2025. A year ago on Dec. 23, 2024, one of the world’s most active volcanoes awoke.   That ...

Phobos appears silhouetted against Mars between the colossal Tharsis volcanic province and the canyoned region spanning ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has released a stunning new pair of images showing Mars’ inner moon Phobos crossing the face of the Red Planet, processed and shared by image specialist Andrea Luck.

Let’s image the simplest, most boring volcano possible. It consists of a magma balloon fed by a straw. The ground is perfectly flat above the balloon. Magma comes up the straw at a constant ...

Chiapa has approved a new state coat of arms that replaces the historical design of colonial origin, better depicting its ...