Most of a volcano’s magma probably isn’t the oozing, red-hot molten goo often imagined. Analyses of zircon crystals, spewed from a volcanic eruption in New Zealand, show that the crystals spent the ...

It's been thousands of years since an eruption occurred at Yellowstone, and new research shows what may be contributing to ...

CHICAGO — An entire ocean of liquid magma, or maybe a hot heart of solid metal, may lurk in Io’s underworld. The surface of Jupiter’s innermost moon is covered in scorching lava lakes and gored by ...

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The Yellowstone supervolcano appears to be bigger than scientists previously expected. The volcano residing under Yellowstone National Park is 2.1-million-year-olds and is the center of a new study ...

Iceland, a land famous for its resplendent waters, glacial scenery, and bubbling hot springs, is not usually top of mind when it comes to breaking speed records. But the chilly island nation in the ...

Around 4.5 billion years ago, Earth was — probably — one big ocean of magma. Geologists who study this primordial Earth use models, experimental simulations, and even samples from the Moon to figure ...

The molten rock that feeds volcanoes can be stored in the Earth's crust for as long as a thousand years, a result which may help with volcanic hazard management and better forecasting of when ...

There's more to Yellowstone National Park than meets the eye. Much more, as it turns out. You might already know that a supervolcano dominates the famous park that is situated on land in Wyoming and ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The ancient moon may have had a gooey interior: A new study suggests that some 4 billion years ...

If we were to draw a schematic cartoon diagram of a subduction zone, it would include a diving oceanic plate, represented by a uniform slab. As the plate dove deeper, water driven off by the ...