AvolcanoinsouthernJapanthatappearedinaJamesBondfilmhaditsbiggesteruptioninyearsTuesday,shootingsmokeandashthousandsofmeters(feet)intotheskyandgroundingdozensoff
Thegiantspacerockthatwipedoutthedinosaursmayhavesetoffachainofcataclysmicvolcaniceruptionsonlandandundersea,claimsanewstudythatisalreadydividingscientists.About
ThePhilippines'mostactivevolcanoMayoncontinuestooozelavaandshootupplumesofhotash,promptingauthoritiestoforcethousandsofpeoplelivingaroundthevolcanotomovetosafet
Thelastvolcanic"super-eruption"bigenoughtoerasecivilisationasweknowithappened25,000yearsago--butthesetypesofblastsoccurevery17,000yearsonaverage,accordingtoarev
Twohigh-intensitysolarflareswereemittedonWednesday,thesecondofwhichwasthemostintenserecordedsincethestartofthissuncycleinDecember2008,NASAsaid.Theseradiationfla
Scientists from the University of Graz in Austria registered on Wednesday one of the strongest solar radiation eruptions to occur during the past ten years that had led to radio failures, ORF reported Thursday.