The eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in the Pacific Ocean earlier this year was one for the record books — in several surprising ways.

A volcanic eruption in the South Pacific was so powerful that its shockwaves left the planet and reached space, new research shows. The 2022 underwater Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai eruption, one of ...

A volcanic eruption in the South Pacific was so powerful that its shockwaves left the planet and reached space, new research shows. The 2022 underwater Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai eruption, one of ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

But those eruptions (most notably that of Mount Pinatubo) all came from volcanoes on land. Hunga Tonga may be the largest eruption we've ever documented that took place under water, and the ...

Researchers have documented many spectacular effects of the underwater eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha‘apai, such as the ...

The eruption of Tonga’s Hunga Volcano on January 15, 2022, produced a record-breaking amount of lightning. The information gathered about the eruption can be used to better monitor aviation ...

When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted on Jan. 15, it sent the equivalent of more than 58,000 Olympic-size swimming pools' worth of water into the stratosphere, researchers say.

Material from the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcanic eruption reached record altitudes of 36 miles (58 kilometers), penetrating through the entire stratosphere and well into the mesosphere.

Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai formed in early 2015 after a moderate volcanic eruption fused two uninhabited islands into a single landmass. The volcanic cone was visible above the waves. 1 / 5 ...

The Hunga Volcano in the South Pacific made waves when it erupted in January 2022. The blast that it created sent pressure waves all around the planet, sending over 58,000 swimming pools worth of ...