ESA’s robotic ‘hamster ball’ could explore lava tubes on moon to find water and homes for colonizers

Robotic ‘hamster ball’ could explore lava tubes on the moon to find water and homes for the first colonizers of Earth’s natural satellite The European Space Agency is analyzing a robotic ‘hamster ball’  Formally known as DAEDALUS, the robot would explore lava tubes on the moon It would be lowered down into a cave and … Read more

Robotic ‘hamster ball’ could explore lava tubes on the moon to find water and homes for colonizers

Robotic ‘hamster ball’ could explore lava tubes on the moon to find water and homes for the first colonizers of Earth’s natural satellite The European Space Agency is analyzing a robotic ‘hamster ball’  Formally known as DAEDALUS, the robot would explore lava tubes on the moon It would be lowered down into a cave and … Read more

Sightseers climb to the edge of erupting Iceland volcano as lava cascades down mountainside

Due to Iceland’s location on the Mid-Atlantic ridge, a divergent tectonic plate boundary, and its location over a hot spot, the northern Nordic island country has a high-concentration of active volcanoes.  Known as the land of fire and ice, the island currently has 32 active volcanic systems, 13 of which have seen eruptions since the … Read more

Mount Etna fills skies with flame and lava as the volcano erupts for the fourth time in as many days

Mount Etna has erupted for the fourth time in as many days, spewing lava and ash into the skies above Sicily.   Dramatic pictures show torrents of molten lava shooting into the air and running down the volcano during the most recent eruption overnight on Sunday. The blast lit up the sky behind nearby Catania, with … Read more

Mount Etna streams red-hot lava and sends ash rising more than 3,000ft in spectacular eruption

Mount Etna streams red-hot lava and sends columns of ash rising more than 3,000ft in spectacular eruption Eruption started on Tuesday afternoon and sent ash billowing 3,000ft high  Catania’s airport was closed and emergency services in nearby villages on alert  Footage shows smoke glowing red and yellow as it stretches for miles in the sky  … Read more

Moment Mount Etna eruption sends a stream of lava and smoke 328 feet into the air over Sicily

An eruption at Mount Etna sent a violent stream of lava and smoke hundreds of feet into the air above Sicily Sunday night. Volcanic activity was first detected from the southeast crater shortly before 9:30pm local time. The eruption lasted through Monday morning, with a dense ash plume some three miles high and lava fountains … Read more

Scientists predict volcanic eruptions by looking at decades-old lava crystals 

Lava crystals that erupted from volcanoes more than half a century ago can reveal secrets about when they may next erupt, a new study claims.  US scientists analysed crystals formed inside a type of porous rock that burst from the Kīlauea volcano in Hawaii in 1959.  The crystals had an odd shape that, along with computer … Read more

Home cooks are going wild for this three-ingredient Mars bar lava cake

‘This is the perfect dessert’: Why home cooks are going wild for this three-ingredient Mars bar lava cake Home cooks are wild for a slow cooker Mars bar lava cake and how to make it Hundreds online have called the simple dish the ‘perfect’ summer dessert To make cake, you need chocolate cake mix, instant … Read more

Lava tubes on Mars and the Moon are up to 1,000 times bigger than those on Earth

Lava tubes under the surface of the Moon and Mars are so large they could host entire planetary bases for future space exploration, planetary scientists claim. Researchers at the Universities of Bologna and Padua studied the subsurface cavities that lava created billions of years ago under the surface of Mars and the Moon.  These cavities … Read more

Daredevils dodge lava bombs while crossing an active volcano on a tightrope to set world record

Two adrenaline junkies have set a world record by walking the first slackline over an active volcano. Alexander Schulz, 28, from Germany, and Rafael Bridi, 33, from Brazil, crossed the crater of the Yasur volcano on Tanna Island, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean – walking on a one inch wide strip of webbing. The volcano … Read more