For many years, it has been known that one of the largest active volcanic systems in the world dwells beneath the surface of ...

What we’ve found is that this reservoir hasn’t shut down — it’s been sitting there for a couple million years, but it’s still ...

Are we ready for a mega-blast from the supervolcano in Yellowstone National Park?

Scientists have studied Yellowstone National Park's magmatic system for years, but a new view of the magma chamber shows the ...

It turns out that beneath the wild expanse of Yellowstone National Park lies one of the most closely watched volcanic systems on Earth. And while the massive supervolcano beneath the park has long ...

Researchers have found evidence that a giant "lid" made of magma could be stopping the supervolcano in Yellowstone National Park from erupting. As detailed in a paper published in the journal Nature ...

Scientists at Yellowstone National Park have uncovered a large, underground magma cap that is likely crucial to containing ...

It started in 2020, when Jamie Farrell, then a research associate professor of geology and geophysics and chief seismologist at the U.S. Geological Survey's Yellowstone Volcano Observatory ...

The Yellowstone supervolcano is extremely well studied, but that doesn’t mean it is fully understood. Researchers have just discovered a new structure deep beneath Yellowstone, and it might be ...

SCIENTISTS have discovered a hidden lid that keeps the vast reservoir of magma beneath the Yellowstone supervolcano at bay. For years scientists have suspected that a mysterious chamber beneath ...