Jupiter's moon Io, a world teeming with volcanoes. The most volcanic world in our solar system has sprouted a new volcano. And its lava flows are enormous. Jupiter's molten moon Io has been surveyed ...

The most volcanic world in our solar system has sprouted a new volcano. And its lava flows are enormous. Jupiter's molten moon Io has been surveyed by a number of passing spacecraft, allowing ...

Lava is molten rock from a volcano that reaches the Earth’s surface. Liquid rock below the Earth’s surface is referred to as magma. More than 50% of the world’s active volcanoes above sea level ...

Supervolcanoes are defined by their ability to produce supereruptions — explosions of more than 240 cubic miles of volcanic material. But scientists disagree on how useful the term is. When you ...

Volcanic eruptions are perhaps nature's most terrifying display of power. Catastrophic eruptions of volcanoes like Mount Vesuvius, Krakatoa, and Mount St. Helens have gone down as some of the most ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. How and if a volcano explodes depends on how and when bubbles of ...

Countries with the Most Volcanoes: Volcanoes are powerful openings in the Earth’s crust where hot lava, ash, and gases escape from below the surface. Some countries have more volcanoes because they ...