Like many Sicilians from Catania, the 18-year-old has learnt quickly how to make her way home on a road covered in volcanic dust during one of the volcano's 11 eruptions in the past three weeks.

Samples from the far side of the moon gathered by China’s Chang’e-6 mission record eons of tumultuous lunar history ...

Europe's largest desert has “spread black dust” across the continent. Iceland is home to the largest and most active desert ...

Just when we thought we were starting to understand the mysterious object 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann, it has confounded us ...

America has 170 active volcanoes that are a real threat, while recently, thousands of flights were canceled due to Mount ...

The cryovolcanic "centaur" comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has erupted four times in less than 48 hours, becoming unusually ...

Mount Pelée (1902) Death toll: 30,000 It’s considered the worst volcanic disaster of the 20th century. Krakatoa (1883) Death toll: 36,000 The eruption cast so much dust into the atmosphere ...

Alexander Matheou, the Red Cross's regional director, said it was likely the volcanic dust and tsunami had contaminated Tonga's water supplies. "One of the greatest needs is to provide water ...