An explosive eruption rocked La Soufrière volcano on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent on Friday after the government ordered thousands to evacuate their homes nearby.Experts said the ash ...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (AP) — La Soufriere volcano has fired an enormous amount of ash and hot gas in the biggest explosive eruption yet since volcanic activity began on the eastern Caribbean island ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. How and if a volcano explodes depends on how and when bubbles of ...

ANTIGUA, Guatemala – Volcan de Fuego in southern Guatemala kicked off Halloween by lighting up the early morning sky with explosions and lava bursts. Time-lapse footage shows the volcano repeatedly ...

Ancient explosive volcanic eruptions on Mars could help explain mysterious hints of buried ice from the Red Planet's equator, a new study finds. Previous research has found that the surface of Mars is ...

The simultaneous eruption of multiple volcanoes suggests a vast, interconnected network of magma exists beneath the surface, powered by the intense gravitational pull of Jupiter.

A towering wall of fire brightened the night sky over the Caspian Sea on Sunday due in part to a unique geologic formation. Just after sunset on July 4, a large explosion and fireball could be seen ...

(CNN) — An explosion at an Alaskan volcano has prompted authorities to raise its threat level to orange. Local seismic and infrasound sensors recorded the small explosion Friday night at Mount ...