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Dazzling volcano eruption seen from space

Last Updated: Sunday, February 2, 2014, 17:28

Crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) got a rare image of the Sarychev volcano as it erupted June 12, 2009.

Schoolchildren among 14 killed by Indonesia volcano eruption

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 22:23

Fourteen people, including four schoolchildren, were killed on Saturday after they were engulfed in scorching ash clouds spat out by Indonesia`s Mount Sinabung in its biggest eruption in recent days, officials said.

SOHO captures images of CMEs erupting from sun

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 12:58

ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory ( SOHO) has captured images of a coronal mass ejection or CME erupting away from the sun on Tuesday.

Volcanoes shift before they erupt

Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 19:19

As they prepare to erupt, volcanoes shift their base, says an interesting study that paves the way for volcanologists to forecast future eruptions.

Volcanoes set their own rules for eruption

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 15:22

In ground breaking work, researchers have unearthed why small and giant volcanoes have different frequency and magnitude while erupting.

Risk of supervolcano eruption `to wipe out civilization` far likelier than believed

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 11:36

Researchers have suggested that the risk of eruption of a "supervolcano", hundreds times more powerful than conventional volcanoes -have potential to wipe out civilization - is more likely than believed earlier.

Five interesting facts about Volcanoes

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 21:35

It is believed that more than 80% of the earth’s surface is volcanic in origin.

Mysterious 13th century eruption traced to Indonesian volcano

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 1, 2013, 15:39

Scientists have claimed that the Samalas Volcano on Lombok Island, Indonesia was responsible for a huge eruption that occurred in the 13th Century.

Molten magma can survive in Earth`s upper crust for hundreds of millennia

Last Updated: Monday, August 26, 2013, 13:54

Silica-rich magma reservoirs can persist in Earth`s upper crust for hundreds of thousands of years without causing an eruption, according to a new research.

Screaming volcanoes` secret explained

Last Updated: Monday, July 15, 2013, 10:58

Swarms of small earthquakes sometimes precede a volcanic eruption at such rapid succession that they create a signal called harmonic tremor, which resembles sounds made by various musical instruments.

Solar eruption may explain how young stars grow by sucking up nearby gas

Last Updated: Friday, June 21, 2013, 12:59

NASA`s Solar Dynamics Observator saw a dramatic event in the sky on June 7, 2011 when our sun erupted, blasting tons of hot plasma into space.

Humans reached Indian subcontinent after volcanic eruption

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 18:03

Modern humans did not enter the Indian subcontinent until after the supervolcanic eruption of Mount Toba in Sumatra nearly 75,000 years ago.