Sitting at the border of Rwanda, the lava lake is fed by the intense heat of the magma from below and the simmering smoke ...

This striking, false-color satellite image shows the intense heat coming from a pair of lava lakes that emerged on simultaneously erupting volcanoes in Congo. The neighboring peaks are among Africa's ...

Flowing lava from the volcanic eruption of Mount Nyiragongo, which occurred late on May 22, 2021, is seen in Goma, the Democratic Republic of Congo on May 23, 2021. [Reuters] Haunted by memories of ...

Located near the equator in central Africa, the Nyamuragira and Nyiragongo volcanoes are often obscured from satellite view by clouds. But on February 9, 2015, clear skies afforded an unobstructed ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - NASA recently discovered a massive lake of lava on the surface of our solar system's most volcanically active world. The lake was discovered on Io using data from Juno's most recent ...

Last major eruption: An eruption in 2002 produced fast-moving lava flows and is still going today. Reasons to worry: Nyiragongo, like Merapi, has the characteristic steep sides of a stratovolcano.