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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

The greatest supervolcano on Earth, a geological giant with enormous destructive potential and an unmatched promise for civilisation, is located deep under the gorgeous Yellowstone National Park.