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A new study from McGill University is reshaping how scientists date dinosaur fossils in Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial Park (DPP). Using advanced drone-assisted 3D mapping, researchers have uncovered significant variations in a key geological marker, challenging long-standing...
Soil and rocks returned from the moon's mysterious far side suggest it may be drier than the side constantly facing Earth, Chinese scientists reported Wednesday. But they cautioned more samples are needed for a clearer picture. A better...

Hawaii volcano produces tall lava fountaining in latest episode of Kilauea eruption

A fountain of lava was spewing from a Hawaii volcano Tuesday in the latest episode of an eruption that has paused and resumed. Fountains from a...

Hawai’i’s two most active volcanoes share a magma source, research reveals

Using a nearly 200-year record of lava chemistry from Kīlauea and Maunaloa, Earth scientists from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa and colleagues revealed...

Eager visitors flock to see spectacular lava fountaining from Kilauea eruption in Hawaii

People were flocking to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Wednesday to get a glimpse of fountaining lava. The eruption that began Dec. 23 in a crater at...

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts, spewing columns of lava

One of the world's most active volcanoes sprang into life again Monday, spewing columns of lava 80 meters (260 feet) above Hawaii, US vulcanologists...

VIDEO | Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts after half a century

Footage taken from on board a helicopter over Hawaii's Kilauea shows lava fountaining out from fissures and volcanic gases blowing downwind. Kilauea is one...

Earthquake hits Hawaii’s Big Island, ‘strong shaking’ in many areas

A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck near Pahala on Hawaii's Big Island on Friday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. A reporter with Honolulu ABC affiliate KITV...

A volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island is sacred to spiritual practitioners and treasured by astronomers

Shane Palacat-Nelsen's voice drops to a reverent tone as he tells the story of the snow goddess Poliahu who Native Hawaiians believe inhabits the...

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts for the third time this year

The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island began to erupt on Sunday afternoon, with flows currently confined to the surrounding crater floor, the U.S....

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano spectacularly erupts after three-month slumber

Kilauea, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, began erupting after a three-month pause, sending out spectacular fountains of mesmerising, glowing lava...

Eruption at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano stops after 61 days

The latest eruption at Kilauea's summit on Hawaii's has paused after 61 days of volcanic activity. U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists said Tuesday...

Hawai’i earthquake swarm caused by magma moving through ‘sills’

Magma pumping through a massive complex of flat, interconnected chambers deep beneath volcanoes in Hawai'i appears to be responsible for an unexplained swarm of...

Scientists declare 2 Hawaii volcanoes have stopped erupting

U.S. scientists declared Tuesday that two active Hawaii volcanoes—one where lava destroyed hundreds of homes in 2018 and another where lava recently stalled before...

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