Mauna Kea When you think of the tallest mountains, instinctively, Mount Everest comes to mind. But here's a shocker: Mauna ...

Carnegie astronomy Wendy Freedman and team publish a new measurement of the expansion rate of the universe, or Hubble Constant, using Hubble Space Telescope observations to reach more distant Cepheid ...

Comparing pollen records from three lakes in different geological substrates highlights the influence of geology and climate on long-term vegetation development.

Yellowstone Park is a popular destination for geology field trips. It’s easy to see why — the dynamic landscape contains a ...

Yellowstone's magma system shows new activity, with the northeast sector possibly hosting future volcanic activity.

Dr. Michael Poland with the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory talks about the possibility of the Yellowstone caldera erupting ...

Are there any other magma systems in the world? Yellowstone is not singular in having massive magma systems. For example, Indonesia's supervolcano Toba erupted around 74,000 years ago, causing ...

A new study highlights how life possibly evolved prior to and during the rise of Earth’s oxygenated atmosphere.

The "Field of Dreams" and "Dances with Wolves" legend brings this idea to life in "Yellowstone to Yosemite ... of tragic events separated by time and space intersecting in a seemingly impossible ...

Scientists at the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory made an important discovery that pointed to fundamental changes within the supervolcano system. Scientific experts have reevaluated regional stability ...

While Krakatoa remains one of history's most catastrophic eruptions, it doesn’t qualify as a supervolcano. Instead, scientists have long monitored volcanic giants like Yellowstone, nestled in ...

Last week we featured footage showing bison stampeding toward a snow coach in Yellowstone National Park, as tourists watched with heightened concern. To their relief, the bison navigated around ...