Learn how Mount Etna stands apart from most volcanoes, having been formed by pockets of magma held in Earth's upper mantle.

A sideways flow of hot mantle rock, not a deep plume rising from near Earth’s core, may be feeding one of the planet’s most ...

A lot of research goes into determining how to best predict the next eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano. Part of this ...

Scientists uncover how underground mantle winds create and control powerful supervolcano eruptions like Yellowstone.

Learn how subduction zones become enriched in gold through repeated melting of Earth's mantle.

In an effort to better understand volcanic activity and its origins on Earth and beyond, University researchers have examined the creation of magma chambers to help explain why these chambers exist at ...

With its famous hot springs and gushing geysers, Yellowstone is one the most iconic national parks in the country and astonishes millions of visitors every year. Those awe-inspiring sights are thanks ...

Scientists have shown how the freezing of a ‘slushy’ ocean of magma may be responsible for the composition of the Moon’s crust. The scientists, from the University of Cambridge and the Ecole normale ...

A volcanic formation known as Pele’s hair is produced when air-filled magma is stretched, according to a new study by a team of scientists and glass artists.

Large magma eruptions have produced great floods of basalt lava on the continents during Earth’s history. Conventionally, the largest flood basalt eruptions are thought to be possible only in regions ...

How can magma buried 5, 10, or even 15 km underground be detected without any surface indicators? The answer lies in ambient ...