Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Studying the molten rock simmering about 12 miles below the Earth ...

Scientists have worked out the consistency of the magma under the Yellowstone caldera using seismic waves — and the reservoir is filled with "mush" that doesn't pose an imminent eruption threat. When ...

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Please join the Lowell Center for Space Science & Technology for a virtual seminar by Margaret "Maggie" Thompson, Ph.D. at 11 a.m. on Thursday, February 6. Abstract One of the most characterizable ...

Early in the formation of Earth, an ocean of magma covered the planet’s surface and stretched thousands of miles deep into its core. The rate at which that “magma ocean” cooled affected the formation ...

A stratum of molten rock located deep within certain rocky planets may be exerting influence beyond merely shaping their internal structures. Recent research suggests that these concealed magma oceans ...

Researchers investigate the effects of oxygen content on the melting of mantle rocks and the formation of early Earth magma It is widely accepted that the early Earth largely consisted of molten magma ...

Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, began sending up fountains of glowing rock and spilling lava from fissures as its first eruption in nearly four decades began on Nov. 27, 2022.

An illustration of Earth as it existed during part of its formation billions of years ago, when an ocean of magma covered the surface of the planet and stretched thousands of miles deep into the core.