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Researchers who have been studying the volcano since 2015 say it was likely caused by seawater flowing into a chamber filled with magma.

When James Hansen spoke up about climate change in the 1980s, he risked the loss of his job and reputation. But, he says, it was worth it — because he could not be silent about something so important.

Americans John Mather and George Smoot (left) have won the 2006 Nobel Prize for Physics. Their work on cosmic radiation helped pinpoint the age of the universe and added weight to the big-bang theory, which holds that the universe was created 13 billion years ago in an unparalleled explosion.

OPEC Plus plays wait and see over Russian sanctions. Supreme Court to hear case of businesses who don't want to do business with LGBTQ clients. After nearly a month, Arizona finally certifies vote.

The bread that Jules and Helen Rabin have made in their fieldstone oven for four decades has a cult following in central Vermont. But this may be the last summer they sell it at the farmers market.

The giant space rock that slammed into Chelyabinsk in February sent material into the stratosphere that circled the globe in just four days and lingered for months.

The planet's global surface temperature last year was the second warmest since 1880, NASA says. Scientists say the five warmest years on record have been since 2010.

Parts of the northern U.S., including Maryland, Illinois and Nevada, might get a Halloween treat: auroras from a massive solar flare. Usually, the northern lights are hard to see at lower latitudes.

We don't call Hollywood a "Dream Factory" for nothing. If you have a vision of the sort of place you'd like to live, Tinseltown can bring it to life.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with artist Muni Long about being a first-time Grammy nominee in three categories.