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

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In a dramatic display of nature’s power, the Iceland volcanic eruption that occurred this week took an explosive turn when ...

When the eruption of the Halema’uma’u crater first occurred, it was compared to the same volcano’s 1924 eruption. It was a joy to study, from the production of pyrocumulus clouds to blue ...

An eruption’s crystals can reveal where the underground caches of magma are stored—and what type of magma it is, from the viscous, explosion-prone variety to a runnier type of liquid rock.

A volcanic eruption in southwestern Iceland has once again forced the evacuation of local residents and tourists at the ...

By analyzing the dynamics of 12 back-to-back explosions that happened in 2018, researchers describe a new type of volcanic eruption mechanism. The explosions were driven by sudden pressure ...

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“This eruption is an unusual type of eruption that we call episodic eruptions. It’s had four episodes now and it looks like it’s headed for its fifth.

But Mauna Loa is an entirely different type of volcano from those. ... Volcanoes operate on geologic time, which is billions of years. The earth is 4.54 billion years old, ...

These types of eruptions tend to have every 1,000 or so years, Fischer said, "The big question is, is this going to continue on for centuries?" Willsey said.