A peer-reviewed study published in Science argues that Yellowstone’s volcanic system owes its heat and magma not to a deep ...
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 ...
Early on the morning of Saturday, June 13, 2026, a small hydrothermal explosion occurred at Biscuit Basin in Yellowstone ...
A Yellowstone supereruption would be devastating, but scientists say it is not the volcano’s most likely threat. Here is what ...
A new study challenges decades of geological thinking about what drives the world's most famous supervolcano. Researchers ...
Two years after a dramatic explosion in Yellowstone's Biscuit Basin, a new geyser shot up near Black Diamond Pool.
Officials reported a hydrothermal explosion at Yellowstone’s Biscuit Basin, forming new vents and a boiling pool with no ...
A new study shows a volcanic eruption of Yellowstone may be even less likely than we thought: Scientists have discovered a magma cap that may play a role in relieving volcanic pressure underground.
The location of the new pool. (USGS/Public Domain) A churning pool of water has opened up in Yellowstone National Park – just ...