A peer-reviewed study published in Science argues that Yellowstone’s volcanic system owes its heat and magma not to a deep ...

A Yellowstone supereruption would be devastating, but scientists say it is not the volcano’s most likely threat. Here is what ...

Scientists in the United States have 'blown the lid off' the Yellowstone supervolcano's mysterious underground reservoir of magma. A team of geologists and Earth scientists now claims to have finally ...

Officials reported a hydrothermal explosion at Yellowstone’s Biscuit Basin, forming new vents and a boiling pool with no ...

A caldera—like the one at Yellowstone Park spanning parts of Wyoming, Idaho and Montana—is a large depression or hollow formed when a volcano erupts and the magma chamber beneath it empties, leading ...

Will Yellowstone erupt or are we blowing things out of proportion? We may have underestimated Yellowstone’s potential to blow its stack in the future. Chinese scientists have made a disconcerting find ...

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There's not even a hint of a looming eruption at Yellowstone. But you might wonder why, considering its violent past: Yellowstone has hosted "supereruptions" — the most explosive type of volcanic ...

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Scientists have uncovered a new explanation for what powers Yellowstone and other supervolcanoes. Instead of a deep plume rising from near Earth’s core, a broad “mantle wind” may push hot rock beneath ...

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