Volcanic bombs, a fundamental part of many explosive eruptions, are also a lethal hazard. If more of them blew up midflight, that would be preferable to their clonking someone on the head.

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory field engineers on July 10, 2025, visited monitoring stations downwind of the Kīlauea summit ...

Unless you’re a meteorologist or you live in Hawaii, you may not know a hot spot refers to more than Wi-Fi. Here are some common words and phrases used when discussing volcanic activity.

Volcanic bombs can be incredibly deadly, and many people get very close to death when trying to catch sight of one. But what are they, and how do they form?

Melting glaciers around the world could trigger long-dormant volcanoes that may be awakening beneath the ice, scientists said ...

The new island is an indication that Iwo Jima is volcanically active again. Setsuya Nakada / Asahi Shimbun “Volcanic ash and bombs reached ejected masses as high as 100 meters high above, and ...

Volcano Set Off by Explosion With Force of 'Five Underground Nuclear Bombs' ... It is considered to be the largest volcanic explosion recorded since the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in 1991.

In 1894, several people were killed by volcanic bombs and four people were overtaken by lava flows, and in 1979, acid rainfall caused by the volcano burned some inhabitants. Ilopango Volcano, A.D ...

Instead, it breaks up into fragments like Pele's tears, hair, and volcanic bombs once the magma is freed from the subsurface. "Lava fountaining" becomes its own, special style of volcanic activity.

Volcanic bombs, says Fernández. He takes one in his hands to show me and then puts it back in its place. They are part of this virgin landscape, ...

Last year, the volcano erupted on its northwestern slope, seeping lava and ejecting volcanic bombs. The Kamchatka peninsula in Russia's far northeast is noted for its array of active and dormant ...