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A recent study suggests that volcanic eruptions from several years prior may have contributed to the devastating impact of the Black Death on medieval Europe’s population.…
Bubonic plague entered Europe in the late 1340s. CPA Media / Alamy The Black Death, a devastating outbreak of bubonic plague that decimated up to 60…
Depiction of the uprising preceding the French RevolutionStefano Bianchetti/Corbis via Getty Images Intense volcanic eruptions along with alterations in solar activity may have triggered some of…
Geologists have identified rocks that originated in the deep sea during the early Jurassic era, around 180 million years ago, indicating a deficiency of oxygen in…
Andrew Wozniak, a chemical oceanographer at the University of Delaware, found it difficult to comprehend the scene before him. Dr. Wozniak was stationed at the bottom…
Pherc.172 scroll revealed by X-ray imagingVesuvius Challenge Ancient Roman scrolls were read for the first time since they were burned by a volcanic eruption on Mount…
A stone tablet with a sun motif discovered on the Danish island of BornholmAntiquity Publications/John Lee, National Museum of Denmark Hundreds of mysterious carved “sun stones”…
The bright and dark part of Mercury's north pole seen from the BepiColombo spacecraftESA/BepiColombo/MTM These images illustrate the pockmarked surface of Mercury and are a preview…
IIt begins with a soft rumble, then an explosion, and finally a thunderous roar. Pyroclastic flows spew out from volcanoes and race towards us at alarming…
Today, the moon is a cold, dead world, but it hasn’t always been that way. Early in its history, the Moon was host to volcanic activity.…
Using the ESPRESSO instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope and the HARPS instrument on ESO’s La Silla 3.6-meter telescope, astronomers discovered the hot Saturn-sized gas giant…
There is plenty of geological evidence that the Moon had ancient volcanic activity, but it is unclear how long that activity lasted. Magma eruptions create volcanic…
Volcanoes have been responsible for some of the most awe-inspiring and deadliest natural disasters in history, from the destruction of Pompeii by Mount Vesuvius in 79…
These bright (hot) “heat rings” are a common phenomenon and indicate active lava lakes. Jupiter Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft. Visible, infrared…
how to use SHARK-VIS device Using the Large Binocular Telescope on Mount Graham in Arizona, US, astronomers have captured the highest-resolution optical images of Io ever…
Using radar data NASA’s Magellan Project Planetary scientists have detected volcano-related flow features in two different regions of Venus: on the western slope of Sif Mons…
Io, Jupiter’s innermost moon, is the most volcanically active object in the solar system. Joshimer Binas/Alamy Stock Photo Jupiter’s moon Io has been continually modified by…
Lava erupts from a fissure near Grindavik, Iceland, on March 20th.Associated Press/Alamy Stock Photo A recent eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland released a huge…
Iojima is itself a volcano, located on the edge of the massive underwater Akahoya volcanic caldera.Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images The largest volcanic eruption in current…
Mars' relatively well-preserved ancient crust provides a natural window into early planetary evolution not visible on Earth. Mars has generally been thought to be a monolithic…
Volcanic lightning, which occurs within the clouds of volcanic ash released during some volcanic eruptions, may be a source of nitrogen.Mike Rivers/Getty Images Analysis of volcanic…