according to the Earth Observatory. Some researchers think Haruj is made up of two separate volcanic fields: Al Haruj al Aswad, which is located in the north and contains much older lava ...

When people think of volcanoes, they don’t typically think of Michigan. But volcanic activity was the driving force behind ...

It creates the Earth's magnetic field and is about 1,400 miles (2,300 kilometers) thick. The next layer is the mantle. Many people think of this as lava ... Seafloor is made of a denser rock ...

Lava flows are masses of magma that pour onto the Earth's surface during an eruption ... a solid portion made of minerals that crystallized directly from the melt; solid rocks incorporated ...

Lava would erupt from their center ... their ambitious idea really made us wonder… What would happen if Earth had two moons? Well, it wouldn't be pretty. Imagine the Moon's identical twin ...

Some are balls of lava the temperature of hell, one is partially made of diamond, and another may rain molten iron. However, not all exoplanets are this extreme. Some are rocky, roughly Earth ...

The Lanzarote lava tube system is an accessible testing ground for DLR's SCOUT Rover, tailor-made for navigating the ... Space is dangerous. Without Earth's protective magnetic field, solar ...

Abby Tang: This is lava. And this is also lava. One's man-made, and one's, well, coughed up by Mother Earth. But both these scientists are working toward the exact same goal: figuring out how to ...

Lava from an eruption. Most volcanic eruptions are caused by pieces of the Earth's crust, called tectonic plates, moving towards each other. Some volcanoes, like Mauna Loa in Hawaii are caused by ...