Volcanic eruptions can be devastating. So what if we took extreme actions to prevent them? How could we drill into a volcano?

A volcano that has been silent since about 1550 began erupting after a big quake. A radar satellite recorded its lava spreading, twice every 12 days.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People watch the surf on the coast of Central Oregon. The Axial Seamount, an underwater volcano 300 miles off the coast of Oregon, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Nov. 27, 2022, Mauna Loa – the world's largest active volcano – erupted on the island of Hawaii. For days, fountains of lava, ...

Learn how stress inside a volcano can make gas bubbles form early, helping explain why some eruptions stay quiet instead of exploding. One of the most explosive volcanoes in U.S. history began its ...

THIS is the harrowing moment a mud volcano erupted in Colombia – just 24 hours after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake killed more than 265 people. Footage shows thick streams of mud, water and gas being ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In the summer of 1991, Pinatubo, a volcano in the Philippines, self-destructed. The eruption started on June 12, and three days later it ...

At least six volcanoes erupt across Indonesia within days of each other. For residents nearby there's no escaping the fallout.

Volcanoes are full of tricks. They can build to a major eruption in a crescendo of shudders and spatters or explode with almost no warning. They can lie in wait under a magnificent snowcap, the ...