The most probable scenario is an eruption similar to those in 1953 and 1992, each lasting hours and producing clouds of ash ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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 Fuego volcano normally erupts once every four to five years. The last eruption occurred in June 2023. Over 1,000 ...

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