Young Earth’s molten lava ocean was layered like a pudding cake, according to a study published today (Nov. 6) in the journal Nature. Researchers think the Earth's first millennia were spent covered ...

Using the world's most brilliant X-ray source, scientists have for the first time peered into molten magma at conditions of the deep Earth mantle. The analysis revealed that molten basalt changes its ...

Large magma eruptions have produced great floods of basalt lava on the continents during Earth’s history. Conventionally, the largest flood basalt eruptions are thought to be possible only in regions ...

The basaltic lava flows of Mount Lassen and the Hawaiian Islands have three distinguishable surface textures. Aa lava has a texture resembling that of broken scoria, block lava has broken cleanly ...

This news release is available in German. Using the world's most brilliant X-ray source, scientists have for the first time peered into molten magma at conditions of the deep Earth mantle. The ...