Sunspot AR3234 blasted an X2-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple wavelengths. Credit: NASA/SDO/Helio Viewer | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta Mu ...

Archaeologists uncover a lavish private bathhouse in Pompeii, revealing the city's opulence and the tragic final moments of its inhabitants.

Using ice core samples, researchers linked a natural disaster with a trove of nearly 5,000-year-old artifacts discovered at an archaeological site in Denmark ...

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, the scolding lava, ash, and gas that poured from its entrails converted the Roman city of Pompeii into a terrifying snapshot of death and destruction. Two ...

The world’s most active volcano is at it again as scientists with the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said Kilauea resumed its eruption Wednesday, marking the fifth such episode since it began back in ...

Residents and visitors are on alert after Hawaii's Kīlauea volcano entered its fifth eruptive episode since December on Wednesday.

Scientists warn the next massive volcanic eruption is not a matter of if, but when—and the world is woefully unprepared. Drawing parallels to the catastrophic eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815, ...

Recently, archeologists working in the same area found a bakery, a laundry shop, two villas and the bones of three people.

Kilauea's volcanic activity on Wednesday marked the fifth episode since the latest eruption began in December 2024.

The summit eruption at Kilauea volcano that began in Halemaʻumaʻu crater on Dec. 23 ended its fifth episode at 4:30 a.m. this morning after 26 hours of eruptive activity from the north vent.

Thirteen years of extended conflict, economic downturns, and multiple earthquakes, has left Syria in the midst of a severe humanitarian crisis. Hostilities remain abundant across all of Syria’s ...

The sun stones correspond with the decline of the so-called Funnel Beaker tradition in European Neolithic culture, or the era ...