or right at the boundary with the core — a basal magma ocean formed. The process would have started with a thin crust of solids forming on the surface of the new Earth, but the solids were cold ...

The moon spent a few million years as a volcanic wasteland, covered with ongoing eruptions that spewed from mountains and ...

This natural phenomenon led to the accumulation of iron oxide-rich liquids above Earth's core, giving rise to a basal magma ocean. By integrating phase relations, melting diagrams, and the ...

Juno sheds light on Jupiter’s polar storms and Io’s hidden lava, offering insights at two of the solar system’s most extreme ...

Remnants of the liquid magma layer near Earth's core could trigger contemporary seismic phenomena. The early history of Earth holds many mysteries, one of which is the existence of a deep ocean of ...

Anoxia Station is a city-builder by way of a terrifying, dark horror game, and a perfect subversion of Cities Skylines 2 and ...

An underwater volcano in Tonga dramatically changed the global climate by releasing massive steam, not just sulfur.

Africa is slowly drifting apart along the East African Rift System, and researchers suspect this tectonic movement would ...

Governor Greg Abbott made bail reform one of his top priorities this legislative session. But the proposals he’s backing ...

Astronomers have spotted a small rocky planet that orbits perilously close to its host star disintegrating as its surface is ...

With broad support, geothermal energy — a renewable energy that taps the earth’s inner heat — is on the cusp of a boom in ...