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A tourist visiting Mount Vesuvius dropped his phone. Then he fell into the volcano.
By Stephanie Pappas published
A tourist trying to retrieve a lost phone fell into Mount Vesuvius on Saturday and was rescued.
Volcano facts and types of volcanoes
By Mary Bagley, Jonathan Gordon published
Reference A volcano is an opening in Earth's crust where magma breaks through and when erupting can rain down molten rock, ash and gases. There are several types of volcanoes.
Artificial snow at Winter Olympics stands out in striking satellite image
By Harry Baker published
A new image from the Landsat 8 satellite shows the contrast of artificial snow against an otherwise snowless mountain at the Winter Olympics in China.
What's the oldest mountain range in the world? (How about the youngest?)
By Brittney J. Miller published
Geologists have dated mountains all over the world, allowing them to discover some of the oldest and youngest ranges on the planet.
Scientists discover lost range of 'supermountains' three times longer than the Himalayas
By Brandon Specktor published
Scientists detected two ancient ranges of 'supermountains' that criss-crossed the Earth hundreds of millions of years ago — and may have jump-started animal evolution.
Neutron star 'mountains' may be blocking our view of mysterious gravitational waves
By Harry Baker published
Scientists have used computer models to predict the size of minuscule deformations, or mountains, on the surfaces of neutron stars, which are responsible for causing gravitational waves as they spin.
Viral video captures fish tumbling from planes in Utah
By Nicoletta Lanese published
Utah wildlife officials have restocked lakes in this way since the 1950s.
Earth's mountains disappeared for a billion years, and then life stopped evolving
By Brandon Specktor published
For a billion years Earth's mountains stopped growing, and may have starved the sea of nutrients, new research finds.
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