Since the 18th century, geologists have struggled to explain how big magma chambers form in the Earth’s crust. In particular, it has been difficult to explain where the surrounding rock goes when the ...

March 12 (UPI) --Hidden in the ancient rocks of Greenland, scientists have found the geochemical signatures of Earth's early history, a time when the planet was one big ocean of magma. At some point ...

Volcanoes erupt because hot, melted rock from deep inside the Earth finds a way to reach the surface. This melted rock is called magma, and it forms when parts of the Earth’s mantle become so hot that ...

Billions of years ago, parts of Greenland were a molten sea, a sharp contrast to the pale-blue ice seen there today. Researchers have now found isotope signatures of that burbling, primordial Earth in ...

Researchers investigate the effects of oxygen content on the melting of mantle rocks and the formation of early Earth magma It is widely accepted that the early Earth largely consisted of molten magma ...

Billions of years ago, a Mars-sized body smashed into the young Earth, causing a chain reaction that created the Moon. Earth’s atmosphere became full of rock vapor and the sky rained down magma. Yes, ...