The formation of Heart Mountain near Cody is a story of a block of rock the size of Rhode Island moving at 700 mph, an ...

Tourists and officials were startled by a hydrothermal explosion at Black Diamond Pool in July 2024. Geoscientists are working out how and why it occurred to better understand these hazardous events.

Not since the days of Mark Twain has there been anything like what people witnessed in the Steamboat area of south Reno this ...

Scientists have been baffled to discover solid rock flowing 1,700 miles (2,700km) beneath the Earth's surface.

Seismic sensor: Portable seismometer deployed at Yellowstone. (Courtesy: Jamie Farrell, University of Utah) The first clear images of Yellowstone’s shallowest magma reservoir have revealed its depth ...

There is a very sharp transition marking the magma chamber top at about 3.8 kilometers (2.4 miles) depth beneath the northeastern part of the caldera near the Yellowstone River.

When standing in many places in Yellowstone National Park, the signs of a buried heat source are unmistakable, making one inclined to wonder “how far beneath my feet is there magma?” The answer is ...

A 53,000-pound vibroseis truck, with a hydraulic vibration plate that creates signals like tiny earthquakes. The truck is parked at a roadside pullout near the Continental Divide in Yellowstone ...

The answer? There is a very sharp transition marking the magma chamber top at about 3.8 km (2.4 miles) depth beneath the northeastern part of the caldera near the Yellowstone River.

Yellowstone, one of the largest active volcanoes on the planet, is impotent. Skeptics need to look no further than the data collected by the 53,000-pound vibrator truck that spent two months assessing ...