"Eight minutes later, the orbiter started receiving data from the descent probe, which slammed into the top of the Jovian atmosphere at a comet-like speed of 170,000 kilometers per hour," NASA ...

Mount Agung is an active volcano located in Bali island, Indonesia, which had been dormant since 1963. However, Mount Agung began to show volcanic activity with severe earthquakes in August 2017. The ...

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory continues to monitor Kīlauea closely and will issue another Volcanic Activity Notice when when sustained lava fountaining begins, marking the start of Episode 27, or ...

Volcano activity updates Kilauea has been erupting episodically within the summit caldera since Dec. 23, 2024. Its USGS Volcano Alert level is WATCH.

Scientists have traced a 60-million-year volcanic trail from Iceland to Ireland to a deep mantle plume that shaped the North Atlantic.

“Volcano Watch” is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. The spectacular series of Kīlauea eruptive ...

A NASA-led study reveals a striking link between deep-Earth processes and life at the surface, suggesting that the planet’s churning molten interior could be subtly shaping the conditions for life.

A NASA-operated satellite recently captured an image of Iliamna Volcano, a glacier-covered volcano located in southwest Alaska, from space.

A NASA satellite image of Alaska's Iliamna Volcano appearing "ready to rumble" days before seismic activity was reported days later. NASA Earth Observatory The snow-covered stratovolcano is found ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft made a close flyby of Jupiter moon lo. See an animation of the images the probe captured created by Koji Kuramura and Gerald Eichstädt.

A NASA spacecraft around the moon has photographed the crash site of a Japanese company's lunar lander.

Volcano Watch is a weekly article and activity update written by US Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. As another school year ends, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano ...