Scientists have discovered a giant 'magma cap' under Yellowstone National Park. The cap is likely playing a critical role in ...

Researchers from Rice University imaged the magma underneath Yellowstone and showed how it vents pressure, reducing the likelihood of a massive eruption anytime soon.

Yellowstone volcano blew catastrophically 630,000 years ago and many fear it’s getting ready for another eruption. Fortunately, these findings indicate the long-dormant Yellowstone volcano is ...

Beneath the steaming geysers and bubbling mud pots of Yellowstone National Park lies one of the world's most closely watched volcanic systems. Now a team of geoscientists has uncovered new evidence ...

The most recent supervolcanic eruption ... the Yellowstone Caldera in Wyoming. Although it lies beneath the serene and scenic Yellowstone National Park, this sleeping giant harbours a volcanic ...

Still, geological changes in Yellowstone draw interest because the park overlies a volcano that was responsible for powerful eruptions in the distant past. The volcano has had no lava eruption for ...

“One thing that makes these eruptions so devastating is that if gases are trapped, they become very explosive,” Farrell said in the release. But most of the gases beneath the volcano at Yellowstone ...

Volcanoes have stirred human awe for thousands ... USGS estimates the annual probability of a Yellowstone eruption at approximately 1 in 730,000. Continuous monitoring shows no signs of an ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. During a field trip to the Lava Creek Tuff near Shell, Wyoming, scientists discovered ...