Mount Toba was the biggest volcanic eruption in the last 2.6 million years, and some have suggested it nearly wiped out humanity. Around 74,000 years ago, a caldera on what is now Sumatra emptied ...

What happens when you try to leave the starting area before the game’s opening events unfold? See how Fallout 4 handles this unexpected attempt to break from the intended path. #Fallout4 #Gaming ...

Driving north from Melides toward the town of Comporta, through the western reaches of Portugal’s Alentejo region, I passed expansive rice fields, forests of umbrella pines and clusters of whitewashed ...

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Long before dark sunspots appear on the sun's surface, a new active region—where powerful solar eruptions can originate—begins showing subtle signs of its formation. Now, researchers say a new ...

Continuing volcanic activity from Mount Etna has forced the closure of Sicily’s busiest airport. Authorities at Vincenzo Bellini Airport said on Friday that flights will remain suspended until at ...

Three Lebanese soldiers have been wounded while trying to defuse unexploded ordnance in the southern village of Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh, the Lebanese army said. Hours earlier on Saturday, the village ...

FIRST ON FOX: An American traveler's vacation in Sicily turned into a travel nightmare after volcanic activity from Mount Etna disrupted flights and left her scrambling to find another route back to ...

This visualization shows the emergence of solar active region AR11158 using observations of the Sun's magnetic field, continuum intensity and acoustic power derived from Doppler-velocity measurements.

Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week’s contribution is from Madison Myers, associate professor ...

Etna erupts often, but it usually doesn’t release this much ash, an expert said. Tens of thousands of travelers’ plans have been disrupted in the past week. By Josephine de La Bruyère Reporting from ...