A deep-diving robot that chiseled into the rocky Pacific seabed at a spot where two of the immense plates comprising Earth's ...

Lava that erupts from hotspots around the world seems to come from a similar ancestral magma, new research finds.

The eruption at Sundhnúkur in Iceland has been going for over 10 months and we're starting to understand how the magmatic ...

Before a volcano erupts, magma will typically gather in a shallow ... sending ash at least 11 miles downwind and spewed lava that traveled .6 miles down the volcano's western flank.

"It was once believed that only microbes and viruses inhabited the subseafloor crust beneath hydrothermal vents," the study ...

The space for the magma to leave is very small and, as it travels, pressure builds, meaning it escapes violently when released. This escaping liquid rock becomes lava, which solidifies as it travels.

Mount Adams in Washington state is seismically calm. But a flurry of earthquakes around the volcano has garnered attention ...

Researchers have discovered enormous tube worms and other creatures thriving in cavities beneath the seafloor on the East ...

A mysterious type of magma found within extinct volcanoes scattered around the world could contain an abundant supply of rare earth elements, crucial ingredients for electric vehicles, wind ...

Two phreatic or steam-driven eruptions and eight volcanic earthquakes were recorded in Taal Volcano in Batangas province over ...

A minor phreatic eruption occurred at Taal Volcano’s main crater at 7:21 a.m. on Thursday. According to the Philippine ...