Its silica content determines how durable it is. As a result of the presence of silicon, melting temperature and magma flow rate are affected. Temperature, pressure, water content, and mineral ...

Mount Spurr near Anchorage is emitting dangerous gases and experiencing unrest, signs that it is likely to erupt in coming ...

To time how fast a sprinter runs, you just need a stopwatch. To time how fast magma moves, you need to know a little bit ...

‘Additionally, the reduced weight from the melting ice above also allows dissolved water and carbon dioxide to form gas bubbles, which causes pressure to build up in the magma chamber and may ...

By the end of the day, about 7 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, data from 16 crystals was collected and analyzed. The data, which ...

Io’s long-debated magma ocean may not exist. Juno spacecraft data reveals that tidal forces deform the moon differently than ...

The tallest volcano in Europe, Italy's Mount Etna, and the world's most active volcano, Kilauea in Hawaii, erupting again.

During their research, scientists confirmed the presence of the KREEP layer in the far side samples, suggesting that the magma ocean once spanned the entire moon. However, distinct evolutionary paths ...

The rising magma and other moving fluids can heat up ... like raised water temperatures and melted snow and glaciers. All scientists can do, however, is keep monitoring closely.

A new study of the lunar samples collected by China's Chang'e 6 mission has verified the hypothesis that the moon was ...