Scientists have explained how lava from the Kilauea volcano is spewing a deadly plume containing tiny particles of volcanic glass. Known as “laze” – a combination of the words “lava” and “haze,” the ...

You’d think that, in the 19 days since Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano started erupting intensely, it would have chilled out by now. But nature is relentless: After cracking open 23 fissures, emitting ...

A slow-moving lava flow made of glass is still inching its way down a volcano in Chile, nearly a year after it first erupted, geologists recently discovered. The lava is made of obsidian, or volcanic ...

Fill the glass about ¾ full of water Add about 5 drops of food coloring Slowly pour the vegetable oil into the glass – noticing how it floats to the top Sprinkle the salt on top Watch the lava slowly ...

Fresh lava looks like the last place anything could live, yet biologists are now finding microbial communities moving in ...

A new animation reveals an enormous lava lake on the surface of Jupiter's moon Io. The close-up view comes from NASA's Juno spacecraft, which swept within 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) of the volcanic ...

A slow-moving lava flow made of glass is still inching its way down a volcano in Chile, nearly a year after it first erupted, geologists recently discovered. The lava is made of obsidian, or volcanic ...

Residents of the coastal villages on a Spanish Canary island are preparing for the dangerous effects of lava from the Cumbre Vieja volcano hitting the Atlantic Ocean. The volcano on the island La ...

Loki Patera might sound like the name of a Norse god's heavy metal band, but it is actually a lake made of lava located on one of Jupiter's moons, Io. On Sunday NASA scientists released a new ...