Far beneath the Earth's surface, a fiery world of viscous molten rock exists below the continental and oceanic plates, perpetually churning and shifting under the immense pressure and stress of a ...

If the moon were actually made of cheese, there'd be a new flavor of dairy for humans to sample. Data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) have revealed a new type of rock on the lunar ...

May 23 (UPI) --Rocks recovered from a remote mountainside in East Africa have offered scientists fresh insights into an unusual type of volcano -- a type of volcanism more hazardous than previously ...

Tephra is the Greek word for ash, and it is the label we use for rocks that come flying out of the volcano during an eruption. Every feature of every single tephra grain has something significant to ...

Unusual rocks discovered on a remote mountainside have alerted scientists to the dangers posed by a little-studied type of volcano. Unusual rocks discovered on a remote mountainside have alerted ...

Is there anything more spectacular than a towering lava fountain? Think about what it is: glowing red molten rock being shot into the sky, potentially hundreds or thousands of feet. As ubiquitous and ...

Basalt from a common type of volcano shows a surprising contribution from the descending oceanic plate. Analyses show that magnesium atoms are somehow drawn out of the crust, deep below the surface.

Beacon Rock shoots 800 feet straight up out of the Columbia River. How did it get there? Sitting right on the edge of the Columbia River near Vancouver, Washington, Beacon Rock shoots 800 feet ...