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The volcano erupted this past Wednesday at about 6 p.m. local time, sent a thick plume of ash soaring into the sky

Stunning space images released by NASA show the volcanic material coating the Villarica's snowy eastern side

The island measures about 0.8 kilometers (0.5 miles) in width and 1.3 kilometers (0.8 miles) in length

Even cooler, the glass spherules created by lightning strikes when they hit volcanic ash form high in the atmosphere

Lava flows or not, those places can be nasty business

This new sport boils down to riding plywood boards down volcano slopes, looks like a whole lot of fun

Sam Cossman visited the Marum crater on the volcanic island of Ambrym with a group of researchers, helped study it

The massive volcanic eruption began on Cape Verde's Fogo island in late November 2014, is still ongoing

The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano started acting up a few weeks ago, is now spewing ash into its surroundings

The new crust formed over the course of just a few weeks, the rise of the layer was followed by a volcanic eruption

Researchers say volcanic activity explains the presence of river, stream and lake beds on the Red Planet

The ancient mare died while still pregnant after breathing in poisonous gases from a volcano, researchers say

The lava flow, originating from the active Kilauea volcano, is expected to soon cut through the town's main road

Some of the layers of magma under Lake Toba were documented at a depth of roughly 30 kilometers (some 18 miles)

The country's Mount Ontake erupted around 11:53 a.m. Japan Standard Time, is believed to have killed over 30 people

The volcano sits at a depth at 3.2 miles (5.1 kilometers), researchers say it is extinct

The northern Rocky Mountains would be coated in meters of ash, researchers detail