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Japan's Shinmoedake volcano erupts violently, grounding flights

AvolcanoinsouthernJapanthatappearedinaJamesBondfilmhaditsbiggesteruptioninyearsTuesday,shootingsmokeandashthousandsofmeters(feet)intotheskyandgroundingdozensoff

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Dinosaur-killing space rock may have triggered sea volcanoes

Thegiantspacerockthatwipedoutthedinosaursmayhavesetoffachainofcataclysmicvolcaniceruptionsonlandandundersea,claimsanewstudythatisalreadydividingscientists.About

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Two more active Philippine volcanoes are restive: authority

ThePhilippines'mostactivevolcanoMayoncontinuestooozelavaandshootupplumesofhotash,promptingauthoritiestoforcethousandsofpeoplelivingaroundthevolcanotomovetosafet

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Volcanic 'super-eruptions' more frequent than thought: study

Thelastvolcanic"super-eruption"bigenoughtoerasecivilisationasweknowithappened25,000yearsago--butthesetypesofblastsoccurevery17,000yearsonaverage,accordingtoarev

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NASA captures images of strong solar flares

Twohigh-intensitysolarflareswereemittedonWednesday,thesecondofwhichwasthemostintenserecordedsincethestartofthissuncycleinDecember2008,NASAsaid.Theseradiationfla

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Austrian scientists record massive solar eruption

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.