Despite the catastrophic potential, the likelihood of a Yellowstone supereruption remains very low. The United States ...

The Yellowstone Caldera is often referred to as the Yellowstone Supervolcano due to its colossal size; it's one of the ...

When magma moves into the rift zone of a Hawaiian volcano, there is understandably a lot of excitement and apprehension. How far will the magma go? Will it erupt? But even long after the activity ...

The image below shows a cluster of big plagioclase feldspar crystals showing both twinning (when crystals grow with changing orientation) and zoning (when conditions change in the magma as it ...

Yellowstone has never erupted within recorded human history. But a new discovery has highlighted just how active this seemingly dormant volcano really is.

The new vent with its thin coating of pale gray clay. (Jefferson Hungerford/ USGS/Yellowstone Volcanic Observatory) "On March 10, 2003, a similar type of hydrothermal activity was first observed on ...

These thermal features are caused by the magma reservoir underneath the park, and magma still flows to this day. According to the USGS, the new feature sits at the foot of a rhyolite lava flow about ...

The vent discovered last summer is located at the foot of a rhyolite lava flow, which is an underground stream of molten rock ... Yellowstone sits atop one of the planet’s largest reservoirs of magma, ...

Recent findings from samples collected by China's Chang'e 6 mission have provided valuable insights into the history of the moon, particularly its far side. The Chang'e 6 mission launched in early ...