In the midst of a volcanic eruption, lightning can streak across the ash and smoke above it, but what do we think causes ...

From planet-scorching stellar outbursts to cataclysms so powerful they shiver the very fabric of spacetime, these are some of the biggest blasts our cosmos has to offer ...

NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN footage of the Sun shows incredible towering eruptions exploding into the darkness of space. It was ...

ESA's Proba-3 mission, made up of twin spacecraft capable of aligning to create artificial eclipses, has captured "rare" ...

V1674 Herculis was a record-breaker. It erupted in the constellation Hercules on June 12, 2021, and skyrocketed to peak ...

The Exciting Science Show comes to Torch Theatre on February 18, featuring live experiments, volcanoes and family fun this half-term.

Scientists have discovered an enormous stream of super-hot gas erupting from a nearby galaxy, driven by a powerful black hole ...

The first “Big One” earthquake in more than a decade has rattled the world. What if it had happened anywhere else? Say, California? Or Japan?

A new international scientific assessment has delivered the most detailed analysis to date of the atmospheric impacts of the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcanic eruption—the most explosive natural ...