The Yellowstone supervolcano is catching the scientific community's eye due to its potential global impact. While it hasn't ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft has discovered a giant volcanic hot spot on the surface of Jupiter's hellish moon Io. The eruptions in this area are chucking out six times the energy being produced by all ...

The hot spot was later determined to in fact be several hot spots located close together that happened to emit at the same time, suggesting that the moon's subsurface is home to a vast magma chamber. ...

Magma is molten rock - rock that is so hot it ... Some volcanoes, like Mauna Loa in Hawaii are caused by hot spots in the Earth’s crust. These do not erupt violently and lava usually flows ...

Some volcanoes, like Mauna Loa in Hawaii are caused by hot spots in the Earth’s crust ... Mount Fagradalsfjall in Iceland erupting. Magma, a mixture of hot, molten rock and gas, builds up ...