In the Netflix series "La Palma," a Norwegian family goes on holiday to the Canary Islands when a young researcher discovers alarming signs of an imminent volcanic eruption. Cumbre Vieja is an active ...

Off the west coast of Africa, scientists have found evidence that tens of thousands of years ago a collapsing volcano sparked a megatsunami producing waves up to 800 feet high. The tsunami, which ...

Far below a steep Alaskan fjord, a strange seismic rhythm is pulsing through the rock, hinting at hidden forces inside a slope that some scientists fear could unleash a megatsunami. The signals are ...

Nearby coastlines were uninhabitable for 1,000 years because of the tsunami's devastating impact. According to a new study, archeologists have found evidence of the largest earthquake in human history ...

Around 3.4 billion years ago, when Mars was a warm, wet world, an asteroid several kilometers wide tore through its thin air and crashed into a shallow sea, leaving an expansive crater on the seafloor ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Carly is a geoscientist reporting scientific innovation and discovery. A megatsunami grew to over 656 feet tall and crashed over ...

We live on a dynamic, sometimes violent planet. It’s just that we also live on it for a relatively short period of geologic time, and so we miss most of the action. Scientists drove the point home ...

It left a crater 69 miles wide. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A Martian megatsunami — a giant killer wave that may have reached ...

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A megatsunami on Mars 3.4 billion years ago may have been caused by an asteroid half the size of Kilimanjaro that sparked waves up to 820ft high, new research suggests. It is believed the tsunami in ...