The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is part of the U.S. Geological Survey, the science agency of the U.S. Department of Interior. Our job is to obtain and share science-based information about the ...

The volcano erupted in January 2022 with a force hundreds of times greater than the Hiroshima nuclear explosion, sending ash, ...

A new instrument type has discovered evidence of a volcanic process on the Moon that had only been seen on Earth. “Before the 1950’s, most scientists thought the craters on the Moon were from ...

Ethiopian volcano eruption: On Sunday, November 23, 2025, Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi volcano erupted for the first time in over 10,000 years, leaving scientists and locals stunned. The eruption sent ...

A giant mound near the Moon’s south pole appears to be a volcanic structure unlike any other found on the lunar surface, according to new research. The formation, known as Mafic Mound, stands about ...

Latitudinally corrected 3-GHz TA shown at midnight local time. (a) These data show a clear localized antenna temperature (TA) enhancement of about 9 degrees Kelvin centered on the mapped ...

A new instrument type has discovered evidence of a volcanic process on the moon that had only been seen on Earth. "Before the 1950's, most scientists thought the craters on the moon were from ...