In the beginning, when planets were newborn, they glowed like furnaces, vast oceans of molten rock wrapped in heavy blankets ...
Climate change is accelerating continental rifting, the geological process where landmasses slowly pull apart. According to a ...
A new study uncovers how volatile-rich magmas propel diamond-bearing kimberlites from Earth’s depths. If you’ve ever admired a diamond, chances are it originated from a kimberlite. More than 70% of ...
As telescopes have become more powerful, it's turned out our solar system is not the only game in town: There are millions of ...
A new study using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has overturned long-held beliefs about mini-Neptune ...
Scientists have made a significant breakthrough by using volcanic tremors to map the magma beneath Tanzania's Ol Doinyo ...
The US Geological Survey (USGS) recorded the moment lava spewed from Hawaii’s Kilauea on Sunday. Kilauea has been disgorging ...
Some of Earth's oldest rocks buried deep in Western Australia may hold new clues about the dramatic event that gave rise to ...
What’s hiding inside? Why Wyoming’s Devils Tower is still a geological mystery Standing tall at 1,267 feet in Northeastern ...
The "Shared Magma: An American and Swedish Collaboration on Sisterhood and Sister Ore” exhibit at the John Hay Library on ...
Water isn't just delivered to planets by comets and asteroids — it can also be forged as worlds form, a new study finds.