That eruption created Iceland's biggest basalt lava flow in more than 230 years but caused no injuries or damage. Iceland has seen seven volcanic eruptions in a year near the southwestern fishing ...

and each of those giant lava flows did not erupt here, they erupted inland over by Idaho, and then flowed 300 miles to the Pacific Ocean. That regional basalt story is way older than the cutting ...

For example, volcanoes in Iceland, Hawai’i and the Galápagos Islands consistently erupt lava flows – comprised of molten basaltic rock – which form long rivers of fire down their flanks. Although ...

Here among the towering basalt columns, the visitor stands inside a lava flow. Magma that swelled up from deep in the Earth cooled so gradually that it formed regular octagonal shapes as it shrunk.

One way to find water worlds beyond our solar system could be to look for minerals — or more specifically, to study minerals mixed with cool lava on exoplanet surfaces. This is because if water ...

What is the collective noun for a group of volcano scientists? While some tongue-in-cheek responses might be “an eruption of ...

With the hopes of a lower number of fatalities th, the public is invited to join Kumu Kimo Awai for a blessing and unveiling ...