On this date in 1815, the Tambora Volcano in Indonesia erupted. This was the most powerful volcanic eruption of at least the past 1,000 years. Tens of thousands of people were killed in a torrent of ...

Astronomers, led by Cambridge University, believe they have found signs of biological activity on exoplanet K2-18b, which is ...

A volcanic eruption in southwest Iceland on Tuesday forced the evacuation of the town of Grindavík and the nearby Blue Lagoon tourist site, as lava and smoke poured from a newly opened fissure.

In the 1960s, a radical aircraft design—powered by 10 engines with a cockpit perched above a giant fuselage—nearly became ...

As Mt. Kanlaon released a powerful eruption at dawn yesterday, spewing a massive plume of ash into the sky, the Department of ...

At least we weren’t the only ones. Like many of you, we had been captivated by the fountains of lava from Kīlauea, shooting ...

TORNADOES, volcanic winters and 70-foot tsunamis aren’t the first words that come to mind when you think: Britain. But our ...

This was the most powerful volcanic eruption of at least the past 1,000 years. Tens of thousands of people were killed in a torrent of pyroclastic flows and tsunami waves. Given the population ...