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Did the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snap a picture of a Martian eruption?
A second set of vents have opened at the Fimmvörðuhálsi eruption in Iceland – and you can watch it on the live webcam!
Impressive lava flows in Chile seen from space (and the ground!)
Marsili, a submarine volcano off Italy, could be a threat to create a tsunami – and if you read the news about this finding, you'd think it was going to happen tomorrow.
Haraldur Sigurdsson, one of Iceland's top volcanologists, thinks the Fimmvörðuháls/Eyjafjallajokull may have peaked, but that hasn't stopped the tourists from flocking to the new eruption.
Images of the Eyjafjallajokull-Fimmvörduháls eruption taken from space show the lava flow snaking down a stream valley – and how small the eruption is so far.
Alan Boyle, the science editor for MSNBC.com, answers our questions about science, the mainstream media and the fallout of the Chilean earthquake coverage.
Piles and piles of volcano news from the past week, including extinctions! cards! holiday snaps! and rumbling volcanoes!
The eruption near the ice-capped Eyjafjallajokull continues going strong, but geologists have been able to sample the lavas – and tourists are beginning to flock to the volcano as well.
The Eyjafjallakokull eruption in Iceland added some explosivity to its bag of tricks, but so far it seems to be just steam-driven explosions.
Photos and video of the Eyjafjallajokull fissure vent eruption that started last night in Iceland.
We've been watching it for weeks, but it looks like tonight Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland has finally erupted for the first time since 1823.
The latest in the Volcano Profile Series, this time looking at Ethiopia's Erta Ale.
Here's your chance to vote for the next Volcano Profile on Eruptions.
Post volcano news here while Erik is off in the desert!
The Mystery Volcano Photo contest makes its return – take your best guess!
Things may be settling down in Iceland, Chilean volcanoes still quiet after the earthquake and views of Chaiten from space.
We're continuing to watch the earthquakes in Iceland, the lava lake is rising at Erta'Ale and a volcano simulator on the web.
Updates on ongoing activity at Turrialba, Colima, Kliuchevskoi and Eyjafjallajökull along with shots of Sudanese volcanoes from space
Do you have a question for Alan Boyle, the science editor for MSNBC.com? Here is your chance to ask him.