New research reveals that early Earth concealed a deep ocean of magma, which may explain today's anomalies in the planet's ...

The early history of Earth conceals many mysteries, one being the existence of a deep ocean of magma beneath the planet's ...

Remnants of a liquid layer of magma near Earth's core, formed in the first few hundred million years of the planet's history, ...

Volcanoes have stirred human awe for thousands of years, with their bursts of fire and rivers of molten rock. Yet, beyond the ...

Geologists have made certain assumptions about how the crust making up our planet's earliest surface formed, but a new study ...

Researchers have identified a stable, gas-venting magma cap beneath Yellowstone, reducing eruption risk and advancing ...

Imagine if Earth's history had a mystery novel, and one of its biggest unsolved puzzles was: Where did all the nitrogen go?

New research sheds light on the earliest days of the earth's formation and potentially calls into question some earlier assumptions in planetary science ... to a basal magma ocean, published ...

Earth's crust today has a surprisingly similar composition to the planet's first outer shell, or "protocrust," new research ...

The San Francisco International Film Festival’s Sloan Science in Cinema Initiative will present a $20,000 prize to Lee Isaac ...

Beneath the steaming geysers and bubbling mud pots of Yellowstone National Park lies one of the world's most closely watched volcanic systems. Now a team of geoscientists has uncovered new evidence ...

Vial is set to receive the Sloan Science on Screen Award on April 21 for “Magma,” which has its international ... Berkeley’s department of earth and planetary science.