Data collected by NASA's InSight lander suggest that ancient internal processes are responsible for the "Martian dichotomy" ...

That movement has now left one pool of molten material on the west of the caldera disconnected from any heat sources, which ...

But its composition can also be inferred from basaltic rocks in the oceanic or continental crust, or from chunks of mantle rock that were ... the basalts as well as melt inclusions trapped within ...

Exposure to oxygen causes some of the rock to change through a process ... that the oxidation change was caused by Earth's mantle rocks being melted in extreme heat and lasting throughout billions ...

No consensus has yet been reached as to what overall portion of the mantle has become depleted by melt extraction. Current estimates range anywhere from 30 to 100%, implying that much remains ...

From April to June 2023, researchers drilled into the mantle rock about 2,800 feet (850 meters ... This discovery relates to the flow of melt through the upper mantle, which rises beneath ...

As with the melted silica-rich surrounding rock, the silica content of the magma increases as a result. Why is the magma richer in silica than the source mantle material? This only partly melts the ...

A detailed look at Yellowstone's magma storage system finds that only one region is likely to host liquid magma in the long ...

Scientists have long suspected that sulfur, which forms strong chemical bonds with gold, allows it to be transported up to the surface.

Large explosive eruptions occur in Yellowstone around once every 700,000 years, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The mantle is made up of different layers. The upper mantle is hard but below that is semi-molten rock called magma. Crust The crust is the outer layer of the Earth on which we live. It is the ...