Where is the magma surfacing at Mauna Loa coming from? The magma that comes out of Mauna Loa comes from a series of magma chambers found between about 1 and 25 miles (2 and 40 km) below the surface.

June 24 (UPI) --Changes in magma prior to eruptions make Indonesia's volcanoes among the most dangerous in the world, according to a study published Thursday by Nature Communications. Using chemical ...

Artistic illustration of the internal structure of a lava planet in a cold state, showing a day‑side magma ocean overlain by a mineral atmosphere. The arrows indicate the direction of heat transport ...

The world's ocean basins are constantly being regenerated by an 80,000-kilometre-long volcanic system of mid-ocean ridges, where Earth's mantle melts to form magma that eventually produces the ...

The scientists analyzed data gathered by MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging), a NASA probe that has orbited the planet since March 2011. Later that year, a group ...

You pronounce her name Vahl-bohn-uh Mehmeh-tee, not Val-bone Mem-meeti. It’s from Italian, by way of Albania. “I’ve been `Vali’ since kindergarten, so you can call me that,” Valbone “Vali” Memeti says ...

Scientists working with shield volcanoes in the Galapagos Archipelago have found evidence to suggest that volcanoes which ordinarily produce slow-moving rivers of fire have the potential to create far ...

A 2021 eruption in Iceland gave researchers rare and illuminating access to the mantle, one of the Earth’s layers. Ed Marshall, a geochemist at the University of Iceland, donning protective gear, ...