Two-thirds of the exoplanet are in perpetual daylight, with temperatures exceeding 5,000 degrees Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...
New research shows what happens when magma meets limestone on its way up to the surface. Magma-limestone interaction might help explain why volcanoes like Vesuvius in Italy and Merapi in Indonesia are ...
Scientists have worked out the consistency of the magma under the Yellowstone caldera using seismic waves — and the reservoir is filled with "mush" that doesn't pose an imminent eruption threat. When ...
EUGENE, Ore. -- (Oct. 11, 2013) -- A thorough examination of tiny crystals of zircon, a mineral found in rhyolites, an igneous rock, from the Snake River Plain has solidified evidence for a new way of ...
An examination of crystals of zircon in rhyolites, an igneous rock, from the Snake River Plain solidifies evidence for a new view of the life cycle of super-volcanic eruptions, and in tandem with ...