Scientists found glass fragments inside the skull of a young man who died in Herculaneum when Mt. Vesuvius exploded in 79 CE.

A young man's brain turned into glass during Mount Vesuvius’ 79 AD eruption. Scientists now study how extreme heat preserved ...

A man, thought to be the custodian of a religious group, was believed to be in his bed asleep, when a super-hot ash cloud hit ...

burning the fuel, and releasing this compressed air via the back. If an aircraft ends up traveling through a giant plume of volcanic ash, the particles inside the ash are sucked into the jet ...

One of Central America’s most active volcanoes has erupted again, causing evacuations to be ordered near a popular tourist city in Guatemala.   The latest eruption of Volcán de Fuego (English: ...

Along with volcanic ash, his brain and spinal cord were found ... hot enough to easily burn and destroy soft tissue. This new analysis is both experimental and analytical, attempting to explain ...

In 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius erupted, destroying the Roman city of Herculaneum. Thousands of people were killed instantly. Now, ...

“These eruptions were relatively small but explosive, and they dispersed volcanic ash over areas of interior, south-central, and southeastern Alaska,” according to a report on seismic activity ...

A swarm of more than 100 shallow earthquakes at Alaska's Mount Spurr that began Sunday night and ran to Monday morning suggest the volcano could be moving closer to an eruption. "It's about a 50/ ...

Along with Pompeii, the ancient settlement was obliterated in 79AD when the volcano erupted, killing thousands and burying both under a thick layer of volcanic ... as the burning hot ash cloud ...

Scientists made the surprise discovery while examining the body of a man who was killed in the ancient city of Herculaneum ...