A team of geologists at the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, the Institute of Space Sciences and the Shandong ...

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 ...

The mantle transition zone (MTZ), which occurs 410–670 kilometers below Earth's surface, may store several oceans' worth of water. This water, which is carried to such depths by subducting tectonic ...

Consider a can of soda. When the can is closed (pressurized), the soda contains dissolved carbon dioxide (CO2). When you open ...

Instead, they release part of the magma, while the reservoir slowly replenishes through the gradual melting of the Earth's crust. This discovery changes how scientists interpret the warning signs of ...

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

Watch: Scientists discover signs that Mount Spurr, located near Anchorage, will erupt for the first time in over 30 years.

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

From possible impacts to how to prepare, we dive into what we know so far about Anchorage’s closest active volcano and how to ...

As magma rises from 100 km (67 miles ... UCB scientists compiled a large database of analyses of melt inclusions from other frequently erupting volcanic systems in the world, including Iceland ...

Mount Spurr near Anchorage has been showing signs of unrest for a year. Now scientists think it's creeping closer to an ...

The first study on the Moon samples brought back by the Chinese Chang'e-6 mission show that the Moon's far side was just as molten as the near one eons ago.