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A long-dormant volcano has just erupted for the first time in recorded history. The Hayli Gubbi volcano in northern Ethiopia's Afar Region erupted for the first time in at least 12,000 years early ...

On Sunday, November 23, 2025, Hayli Gubbi, a volcano in Ethiopia's Afar Region, erupted for the first time in recorded history. Scientists think the last time this volcano blew was somewhere between ...

For the 45th time since December 2024, Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted Thursday morning. The spewing of lava from the shield volcano can last anywhere from a few hours to possibly days at a time ...

Tiny crystals suggest extinct volcanoes could still grow underground, a finding that could reshape how scientists assess eruption risk.

About 290 miles off the coast of Cannon Beach, Oregon, lies an underwater volcano called Axial Volcano. Axial erupts about once every ten years. Twice in the past year, news outlets have reported that ...

An eruption at Mount Etna in July 2021. (Salvatore Allegra Photography/Moment/Getty Images) Mount Etna is more than half a million years old, but this massive stratovolcano in Sicily still has plenty ...

A new satellite image has captured a rare view of an erupting volcano, revealing its bright red lava flow as seen from space. This image taken by NASA's Landsat 8 satellite captures lava, ash, and ...

A volcano in Russia's far east on Wednesday spewed ash several kilometers into the sky, authorities said, putting on a spectacular display in its latest eruption. A series of mild eruptions at the ...

Since 2000, specialists at the National Museum of Natural History have produced the world’s foremost report on active volcanoes Sally Sennert Did you know that there are between 40 and 50 volcanoes ...