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

Two types of magma exist under the park. One is basaltic magma, which triggers most volcanic activity on Earth. It erupts ...

This type of magma is called “basaltic”, and it tends to produce pretty mild eruptions. Hawaii is also a basaltic hotspot, for instance. However, hotspots can also melt the material around ...

The researchers found that the basalt in the sample was similar to basalt ... it was covered by an ocean of magma. The magma ocean model suggests the moon experienced a massive melting event ...