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

Intense heat generated by Mt. Vesuvius' eruption turned one victim's brain to glass. While gruesome, the finding published in the journal Scientific Reports, lends insight into the chaotic events that ...

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

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 ...

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

Scientists warn that Alaska’s Mount Spurr is showing signs of increased activity and could erupt in the coming weeks or ...

Alaska's Mount Spurr, an active volcano near the most populated region in the state, is getting even closer to an eruption, ...

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 ...

As he lay on his bed he was most likely caught in a fast-moving superheated ash cloud that rushed down the volcano's slope to the coast, according to a new study published today in Scientific Reports.

Nearly 2,000 years after a young man died in the Vesuvius volcanic eruption, scientists have discovered that his brain was preserved when it turned to glass in an extremely hot cloud of ash.