Volcanoes are among the most powerful forces of nature. Throughout history, some eruptions have shaken the Earth, changed the weather, and even affected human life for years. Scientists use the ...

(via SciShow) What was the biggest volcanic eruption of all time? Was it a huge explosion like Mt. Tambora? Not even close. In this episode, SciShow takes on the biggest volcanic eruptions to ever ...

The 1815 eruption produced 60 megatons of sulfur, and as a result, average global temperatures dropped by around 3°C (5.4°F).

A NASA spacecraft that has been circling Mars for more than two decades has spotted something it never has before in well over 100,000 orbits of the Red Planet. On a morning horizon in May, the ...

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A dazzling image taken by NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter shows an unprecedented view of a 12-mile-high volcano poking through clouds at dawn on the Red Planet. Arsia Mons, which dwarfs Earth’s ...

A NASA spacecraft that has been circling Mars for more than two decades recently spotted something it never has before in well over 100,000 orbits of the Red Planet. On a morning horizon in May, the ...