Melting glaciers may be setting the stage for more frequent and explosive volcanic eruptions in the future. This is the ...

New findings from China's Chang'e 6 lunar farside samples offer insights into the moon's volcanic past and mantle evolution.

They found four pockets together contain more liquid magma than was present during large, caldera-forming eruptions at Yellowstone in the past (one 2.8 million years ago, one 1.3 million years ago ...

Far from a smooth blend of molten rock, magma reservoirs contain a large amount of solid rock, semi-liquid crystals, gasses and other volatile substances.

One of the magma reservoirs underneath the Yellowstone Caldera, a huge crater and supervolcano, holds more liquid molten rock than scientists previously estimated, suggests new research published ...

It's believed that Yellowstone, which is a super volcano of epic proportions, erupts every 600,000 to 800,000 years, on average. That’s based on three large explosions which have occurred over ...

More liquid magma lurks beneath the Yellowstone supervolcano than scientists once thought. But don’t panic: That amount of magma, researchers say, is still nowhere near enough to portend an ...

“We focused on understanding magma source reservoirs deep beneath our feet, where extreme heat melts solid rocks into magma at depths of around 10 to 20 kilometers [6.2 to 12.4 miles].” ...

But magma is a mixture of both solid and liquid parts, and not all of it can erupt. To find out just how much geologic goulash can potentially come out of the volcano if it erupts, ...

Krawczynski explained that groundwater in particular can come into contact with hot magma or hot rock and cause rapid boiling. The change in volume of liquid to gas increases the pressure.

They found four pockets together contain more liquid magma than was present during large, caldera-forming eruptions at Yellowstone in the past (one 2.8 million years ago, one 1.3 million years ago ...