A rare underwater eruption at Hunga Tonga sent water vapor into Earth’s atmosphere, cooling the stratosphere and reshaping ...

Nearly a decade ago, an explosion on the sun "contained components of three different types of solar eruptions". Studying the ...

Like a misdirected punch from a heavyweight boxer, a glancing blow from the Sun can still pack a wallop. Results from a fleet of observatories in space and on the ground were used to dissect a solar ...

The atmosphere is still feeling the effects of the January 2022 eruption of the Hunga-Tonga volcano in the southern Pacific ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has erupted, creating a "beautiful" lava glow in the sky and video footage shows the eruption unfolding, up close. The eruption began at around 12:30 a.m. on Monday June 3, ...

When a volcano that has slept for centuries suddenly roars back to life, the first clear view no longer comes from a ship or a nearby village, but from orbit. Earlier this year, a NASA satellite ...

When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted on Jan. 15, 2022, it sent atmospheric shock waves, sonic booms, and tsunami waves around the world. Now, scientists are finding the volcano’s effects ...

The Earth-directed X-flare action was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The sun has ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Giant plumes of smoke and rivers of lava spew out of Mount Etna as it erupted on the island of ...

Two colossal plasma fountains tore away from the sun in a breathtaking double blast, one of the most impressive eruptions this solar cycle. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The 2009 eruption of Sarychev Peak Volcano, Kuril Islands, viewed from the International Space Station. A new study says that a similar eruption was behind a cooling event with worldwide effects 200 ...

A gigantic plasma eruption from the sun's hidden far side recently launched a sizable coronal mass ejection that slammed into Mercury, potentially triggering invisible X-ray auroras around the ...