Kilauea volcano in Hawaii has erupted for the 23rd time in the latest sequence, shooting magma over 1,000 feet into the air ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano put on a dramatic display Sunday night, shooting lava fountains over 1,000 feet into the air. The ...

The USGS has announced that Kilauea volcano is ejecting fountains of lava in a manner not seen since the Pu'u'ō'ō eruption in ...

Steven Lundblad, a geology professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, explained why the lava fountains have been going ...

Mount Etna in Sicily, Italy, is an example of a composite volcano ... vents in explosive eruptions. When magma erupts from a volcano it is called lava. This mixture of lava and gas flows out ...

"In the past, the distinct chemical compositions of lavas from Kīlauea and Maunaloa were thought to require completely separate magma pathways ... in their lava chemistry. "For example, during ...

Though immensely powerful, volcanoes are not always spewing hot lava around. Many are considered ... However, a team of scientists recently found magma chambers lurking beneath six volcanoes ...

The lava is also flowing at shallow depths that fueled prior eruption. Through modeling, the researchers determined the magma cap consists of molten silicate materials and supercritical water ...

The differences also give hints about how fast the magma flows, based on its mineral composition. For example, the magma nearest the surface of the Yellowstone Caldera contains a lot of silica, which ...