An underwater volcano in the Pacific, Axial Seamount, reveals a process that could challenge current theories about the Earth ...

Learn about the underwater volcanic eruption that is disrupting waters near Papua New Guinea, potentially setting the stage for a new island to emerge. A new island could soon pop up in Oceania thanks ...

A rare underwater eruption in the Bismarck Sea may give birth to a new island, with NASA satellites capturing every stage.

Scientists have uncovered new evidence that Earth's continents are continuously reworked deep beneath the surface, offering ...

Do you know a planet in the Solar System has a volcano taller than Everest and nearly 600 km wide? Discover amazing facts ...

This video shows Shiprock, a striking volcanic rock formation rising from a vast desert landscape in the southwestern United States. The structure is the remnant of an ancient volcanic system, where ...

Researchers discovered that continents don’t just split at the surface—they also peel from below, feeding volcanic activity in the oceans. Simulations reveal that slow mantle waves strip continental ...

Sakurajima is an active volcano on the Osumi peninsula in Kagoshima prefecture on the southern tip of Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands. The mountain rises to an elevation of 3,644 ...

Mount Etna is like no other volcano on Earth, new research finds. In fact, the volcano may have formed in a bizarre way, reminiscent of how some seamounts, called petit-spot volcanoes, grow on the ...

Planetary scientists have long debated where the material that formed Earth comes from. Despite its location in the inner solar system, they consider it likely that 6–40% of this material must have ...

We know very little about the processes that lead to a reeruption of supervolcanoes such as the mostly underwater Kikai caldera in Japan (pictured) and are therefore ill-equipped to make predictions.