Portable seismometer deployed at Yellowstone. Credit: Jamie Farrell, University of Utah Beneath Yellowstone lies a magma reservoir, pulsing with molten and superheated rock and exsolved gases.

Beneath Yellowstone National Park lies something extraordinary—a giant underground chamber filled with molten rock, trapped gases, and intense heat. For years, scientists have known about this ...

The greatest supervolcano on Earth, a geological giant with enormous destructive potential and an unmatched promise for civilisation, is located deep under the gorgeous Yellowstone National Park.

The Yellowstone Caldera, a volcanically active region under and around Yellowstone National Park, has long been the subject of research, speculation and science fiction regarding the possibility of a ...

Venture too close to the hydrothermal vents dotted around Yellowstone National Park and you will be met by a powerful stench reminiscent of rotten eggs. These calderas are a (literal) hotbed of ...

(NEXSTAR) — There have long been questions about when Yellowstone’s volcanic system could see an eruption, especially after a massive hydrothermal explosion was caught on camera last summer.

Scientists in the United States have 'blown the lid off' the Yellowstone supervolcano's mysterious underground reservoir of magma. A team of geologists and Earth scientists now claims to have finally ...