There is something special and awe-inspiring about watching new land form. This is what is now happening in Hawai’i as its Kīlauea volcano erupts. Lava is reaching the ocean and building land while ...

In many ways, water seems opposite to lava; its role is to support life, not destroy it. Despite their surface-level differences, the two are more similar than we think. The solution to the geophysics ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Far beneath the Earth's surface, a fiery world of viscous molten rock exists below the continental and oceanic plates, perpetually ...

High-resolution photos of lava flows on Mars reveal coiling spiral patterns that resemble snail or nautilus shells. Such patterns have been found in a few locations on Earth, but never before on Mars.

A tiny new island of lava has formed off the Big Island in Hawaii. Officials say it’s located near the northernmost part of where lava from fissure 8 is flowing into the ocean. According to USGS, it’s ...

A photograph supposedly showing volcanic lava pouring into an ocean that created several steam vortices was met with a mixture of awe and skepticism as it circulated on social media: While these ...

An amazingly tall lava flow formed during the Kilauea volcano's latest fissure eruption, new images show. The huge lava piles were created as lava rocketed from a new fissure on Kilauea 's east rift ...

KILAUEA VOLCANO, BIG ISLAND (HawaiiNewsNow) - New images from Kilauea show an active flow of lava bubbling and boiling at the volcano's summit and East Rift Zone. Ribbons of lava are forming into new ...

High-resolution photos of lava flows on Mars reveal coiling spiral patterns that resemble snail or nautilus shells. Such patterns have been found in a few locations on Earth, but never before on Mars.

A tiny new island of lava has formed off the Big Island. Officials say it’s located near the northernmost part of where lava from fissure 8 is flowing into the ocean. According to USGS, it’s located ...