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Sakurajima Erupts, Sending 4,400-Meter Plume Over Kagoshima

Authorities maintain alert level 3 with an ashfall forecast for parts of Kagoshima and Miyazaki.

Chang'e-6 Samples Confirm First Crystalline Hematite and Maghemite on the Moon

China’s Jinlin Crater Confirmed as Earth’s Largest Known Holocene Impact Site

New Middle Triassic Crocodile-Line Predator, Tainrakuasuchus bellator, Described From Brazil

Magnitude 3.6 Quake Reported Near Vallejo With No Immediate Damage

Breakup of Ancient Supercontinent Tied to Rise of Complex Life, New Study Finds

Magnitude 5.2–5.3 Quake Near Paphos Felt Across Region

Mantle Waves Peel Continental Roots to Feed Ocean Volcanoes, Study Finds

Kīlauea’s Latest Summit Burst Sends 1,100-Foot Fountains, Sets Record Effusion Rate

Calaveras Fault Swarm Rattles East Bay as Dozens of Small Quakes Follow M3.8 Near San Ramon

Tsunami Advisory Lifted After Strong Quake Off Iwate Sends Small Waves Ashore

Cassini Reanalysis Finds Heat Escaping From Both Poles of Enceladus, Strengthening Case for a Long‑Lived Ocean

Study Finds Enceladus’ Heat Loss Matches Tidal Input, Indicating a Long-Lived Ocean

New Australian Glass Beads Reveal Asteroid Impact From 11 Million Years Ago

M6.0 Quake Off Kamchatka Prompts Green Alert, No Tsunami

Seismic Images Reveal Explorer Plate Tearing in Stages Beneath Northern Cascadia

Lab Experiments Reveal Planets Can Make Water From Hydrogen–Magma Reactions

Oldest Directly Dated Ice Found in Antarctica Is 6 Million Years Old

Magnitude 5.4 Quake Rattles Alaska’s Aleutians, No Tsunami Warning

Howard Community College Links Water Main Break to 2.5-Magnitude Columbia Quake