A magma cap that is likely playing a critical role in preventing a huge volcanic eruption has been found at Yellowstone National Park, according to new research by Rice University. According to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yellowstone's volcanic history is marked by three massive eruptions over the past 2.1 million years, creating a vast caldera and ...

This shifts our entire perspective on what makes a planet “Earth-like.” Nature is far more creative than our own solar system suggests. The universe might be teeming with “magma-shielded” worlds that ...

Long-quiet volcanoes in the Cascades region of the Pacific Northwest are still underpinned by large reservoirs of magma, new ...