They turned to more recent volcanic eruptions for inspiration. They concluded that a super-heated ash cloud marked the first ...

A fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter, also called a pyroclastic flow, followed, burying the area. Experts ...

A unique dark-colored organic glass, found inside the skull of an individual who died in Herculaneum during the 79 CE Mount ...

A brain transmuted into glass by the famous volcano should have been impossible. Some scientists say it still is.

For several years now, we've been following a tantalizing story indicating that the high heat of the ash cloud generated when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD was sufficiently hot to turn one of the ...

The famous eruption of Mount Vesuvius that wiped out Pompeii and Herculaneum created a super-heated ash cloud that turned one ...

Plus, they would have cooled slowly. Instead, based on observations of more recent eruptions, an extremely hot ash cloud that dissipated quickly could have created the conditions necessary for the ...

A HUNK of dark-coloured glass found inside the skull of an individual who died during the Mount Vesuvius eruption may ...

A recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports described how a young man's brain was transformed into glass ...

They died when the roiling cloud of hot ash hit. But inside the Collegium Augustalium, a young man of about 20 years was lying in his wooden bed. The Collegium, located on the city's main street ...

Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire is erupting, and authorities have evacuated nearly 300 families while warning that another 30,000 ...

Residents with traumatic memories of a deadly eruption in 2018 sought refuge early Monday after the Fuego volcano exploded ...