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Kilauea’s Heat Triggering Mass Amounts of Acid Rain

This aerial U.S. Geological Survey photo from Sunday shows fissure 8 and open lava channel leading to the northeast. Sulf…

Minerals Could Bear the Scars of Collisions With Dark Matter

Ancient minerals buried underground could bear scars of early collisions with dark matter. Minerals such as halite and za…

Scientists Defy 'Force of Nature' to Unlock Secrets of Hawaii Volcano

A geologist is collecting sample of molten lava from 2011 Kamoamoa eruption, at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, U.S. Dressed…

Watch This Whirlwind of Lava at Hawaii's Most Active Volcano

A whirlwind of lava has been captured on video near Hawaii's Kilauea volcano. The spectacle is caused whe…

Earthquake With Preliminary 6.6 Magnitude Rocks Southern California

USGS An 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck Southern California Thursday, shaking a widespread area. The quake was cente…

Water Sapphire

Iolite is also named "water sapphire", cordierite or dichroite. It describes the transparent to translucent form o…

Is There a New Volcano on Hawaii?

Fissure 8 reactivated on the afternoon of May 28, when, at times, lava Kilauea, the most active volcano on Hawaii, h…

Explosions at Hawaii's Kilauea Summit Keep Producing Magnitude 5.3 Quakes

The Kilauea volcano's Halema'uma'u crater erupted ash plumes. For the seventh time in eight days, an explo…