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Magma is on the move beneath Yellowstone National Park’s Upper Geyser Basin in Wyoming and throughout the caldera but is unlikely to contribute to an eruption. Credit: Jim Peaco/NPS Magma deep ...

N ASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has just collected its 26th sample, named "Silver Mountain", and NASA has confirmed not only ...

Magma composition may drive volcanic tremor Daily ashfall sampling at Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands demonstrates potential for near-real-time eruption monitoring and forecasting tool ...

The Krafla Magma Testbed (KMT) in Iceland is one of the first to attempt to drill into a magma chamber. This endeavour is planned for 2027 and would establish an underground magma chamber of about 2.1 ...

This week's contribution is from Ninfa Bennington, geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. How can lightning and solar storms be used to map magma beneath ...

Angherr Shisspa by Kōenjihyakkei is 20 years old, has just been reissued and is arguably the greatest Zeuhl album of all time ...

Motor racing royalty descended on the Mount Panorama circuit as the legendary Jacky Ickx returned to Bathurst, 45 years after ...

Dignity has a more positive image today. The western conception sees dignity as part of individual autonomy and a desirable ...

This week's contribution is from Scott K. Johnson, Science Communication Associate at EarthScope Consortium. A number of studies have given us fascinating images showing Yellowstone’s magma reservoirs ...