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.

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

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 ...

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