Lava around the world may come from the same magma ancestor deep in Earth's middle layer, new research finds. The study suggests that the deep mantle, where magma arises, is more uniform than ...

Scientists release first analyses of samples from China’s Chang’e-6 mission, which landed on the lunar far side.

The next layer is the mantle. Many people think of this as lava, but it's actually rock. The rock is so hot, however, that it flows under pressure, like road tar. This creates very slow-moving ...

An curved arrow pointing right. A volcano erupted in Iceland's most densely populated area on December 18. It is the largest eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula since 2021. More from News A ...