Five volcanoes on Jupiter’s moon Io erupted simultaneously, spewing a mind-boggling amount of lava onto the surface and giving us clues to what may lie underneath ...

One of Spain's main rivers was close to bursting its banks on Friday and experts warned of landslides from waterlogged ground ...

Historical accounts of the Punic Wars—and many other ancient wars—often paint a picture of soldiers riding in on imposing ...

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Hawaii's Kilauea volcano had its latest eruption on Jan. 12, flowing lava for nearly 10 hours and attracting heavy traffic to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The volcano began erupting at 8:22 a.m.

Volcanoes have always held an incredible power capable of shaping the course of human history. Around 1,600 B.C.E., an explosion on the Greek island of Santorini likely wiped out Europe’s first ...

HAWAII — When I was a child, I was lucky enough to witness the eruption of the Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica. It's a moment I'll never forget and a stunning reminder of the wonders of the natural world ...

On Sunday, November 23, 2025, Hayli Gubbi, a volcano in Ethiopia's Afar Region, erupted for the first time in recorded history. Scientists think the last time this volcano blew was somewhere between ...

When the Black Death swept through Europe beginning in 1347, the plague wiped out more than half of the continent’s population, upending societies and interrupting wars. New research suggests that a ...

For centuries, the prevailing explanation of how the Black Death entered medieval Europe was a simple narrative of biological warfare. During a siege of Caffa, a Genoa-controlled port city on the ...

The Black Death — one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, estimated to have killed up to half of Europe’s population — might have been set in motion by a volcanic eruption, a new study ...

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