NASA’s Mars rover is on the trail of a geological mystery in the Jezero crater. While exploring an area known as Witch Hazel ...

Imagine standing at the rim of a vast caldera, the earth beneath your feet formed by unimaginable forces millions of years ...

Massive lava fountains were sent soaring as high as 700 feet into the air on the big island of Hawaii as it erupted, producing intense heat, glowing streams of molten rock, and plumes of volcanic ...

Hazy conditions are expected to continue throughout the next several days as Kilauea releases more sulfur dioxide and other volcanic fumes into the air. Light southeasterly winds will also ...

Hand-carved arrowheads and jagged spears made of obsidian, a sharp rock formed by volcanic magma ... Obsidian Cliff examples made up about 30 per cent. But the data suggests the trade routes ...

The researchers discovered that volcanic rock can capture microscopic details of feathers – a phenomenon that has never been documented before. Fossilization usually occurs in sediments like mud or ...

More information: Margherita Mussi, The volcanic rock spheres of Melka Kunture (Upper Awash, Ethiopia) at Gombore IB and later Acheulean sites, Quaternary International (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.

little did they know that 136 years later the discovery would be heralded as the first example of fossil preservation in volcanic rock. Luckily, the landowner recognised the remarkable ...

While mineral assemblages in volcanic rocks preserve complex zoning records due to fast cooling upon eruption, they represent only a portion of crystals processed within magmatic plumbing systems.