The last meteor shower of the year — the Ursids — peaks Sunday, a few days before Christmas. While usually not as bright as ...

Which inner child doesn’t like advent calendars! Every day a small window opens to reveal a chocolate, a small surprise, or (less exciting) parts of the nativity story. Luxury ones can be ...

Veniaminof is not the only volcano that erupts with little to no signals. Several other Aleutian Arc volcanoes exhibit ...

By studying prehistoric rocks and fossils emerging from the side of Mount Ashibetsu in Japan, researchers have precisely ...

Another eruption at the 11,100-foot ... mainly because of Alaska's proximity to Asia.Mount Spurr, located on the Volcanic Ring of Fire, is one of 53 volcanoes in Alaska that have been active ...

The device would have had a yield approximately double that of the combined explosive power of all nuclear weapons in existence today.

Volcanoes have been known to wreak havoc for commercial aviation, but would the eruption of Mt. Rainier result in disaster ...

George Soros' philanthropy, Open Society Foundations, will continue to fund human rights movements around the world. Its ...

About 87,000 people in central Philippines are being evacuated the day after a brief but major volcanic eruption ...

About 87,000 people are being evacuated in a central Philippine region after a volcano erupted with a huge plume of ash and ...

After close to seven years of an unusual left-right coalition governing Iceland, voters on 30 November decided on an extensive political housecleaning, (many after braving harsh winter weather). The ...