In a groundbreaking achievement, published in the journal PLOS One, researchers have identified the author and title of an ...

A recent study has pinpointed the origin of a 120-million-year-old 'super-eruption,' shedding new light on Earth's intricate ...

At the time, the Earth would have been far closer to the moon than it is today, making it perhaps twice as large in the lunar ...

PHerc. 172 is one of hundreds of scrolls found in the ancient Roman town of Herculaneum, buried under volcanic debris of ...

A sealed Herculaneum scroll yields its secrets—revealing a lost philosophical treatise by Philodemus through virtual ...

The following is taken from Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles, a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the ...

RESEARCHERS have deciphered the title and author of a charred scroll destroyed by the Mount Vesuvius eruption 2,000 years ago. The tightly bound scroll cannot be opened since its delicate, burnt ...

Although the dormant Uturuncu hasn’t erupted in 250,000 years, the volcano continually burps up gasses and regularly rumbles ...

Uturuncu is also known as a "zombie" volcano because it still exhibits unsettling signs of life, like earthquakes and gas ...

A new study shows a volcanic eruption of Yellowstone may be even less likely than we thought: Scientists have discovered a magma cap that may play a role in relieving volcanic pressure underground.

Although volcanic eruptions can strike when least expected, they sometimes give off warning signs that can be captured by advanced technology. One innovative way to monitor eruptions is now being put ...