Olympus Mons reaches an astonishing height of 16 miles (26 kilometers) - three times as tall as Mount Everest. And it may tell us quite a bit about its home, Mars.

Alaska’s imposing Mount Spurr, a towering 11,000-foot volcano located just 80 miles west of Anchorage, is once again making its presence known—and this time, it may not go back to sleep ...

Olympus Mons, a shield volcano on Mars, is the largest volcano in the solar system, measuring approximately 370 miles in diameter and 26 kilometers in height. The formation of Olympus Mons and ...

Multiple earthquakes have struck near a colossal 11,000-foot-tall volcano that experts have warned is 'moving closer to an eruption.' Emergency planning has been elevated in a nearby city.

A RUSSIAN volcano has erupted for the first time in centuries, sending ash surging 29,000ft into the sky. The volcano roared ...

The world’s most active volcano and earthquake zone is roaring to life, leading to potential of “the big one” – and a ...

The eruption of a volcano in Russia's Kamchatka peninsula may be linked to a massive earthquake last week, experts say.

Krasheninnikov volcano has erupted on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. This is the second volcano to erupt in the region ...

A new study reports that volcanic activity forming large flood basalt provinces appears to have been the key driver of Earth's past mass extinctions.

Features & opinion Santorini blew big 520,000 years ago The partially submerged volcano that forms the Greek island of Santorini experienced a gargantuan blast more than half a million years ago.