Learn how subduction zones become enriched in gold through repeated melting of Earth's mantle.

Scientists have shown how the freezing of a ‘slushy’ ocean of magma may be responsible for the composition of the Moon’s crust. The scientists, from the University of Cambridge and the Ecole normale ...

A volcanic formation known as Pele’s hair is produced when air-filled magma is stretched, according to a new study by a team ...

Although volcanic eruptions are spectacular natural events that occur around the world every day, most volcanoes spend the ...

Researchers investigate the effects of oxygen content on the melting of mantle rocks and the formation of early Earth magma It is widely accepted that the early Earth largely consisted of molten magma ...

A paper published in Nature Communications suggests that dissolved gases returning into cooling magma, rather than escaping ...