Eleanor is a content creator and social media assistant with an undergraduate degree in zoology and a master’s degree in wildlife documentary production. We’ve all seen images of volcanoes ...

Lava is the form of magma, or molten or semi-molten rock, that erupts to the surface, such as via a volcano or through a crust fracture. We all know lava is pretty hot, but exactly how hot is lava?

the rock starts to get gooey — a reservoir of solid crystals with a mixture of lava melt and bubbles that form as the magma releases gases. New magma comes in from the bottom of the system.

The lava is also flowing at shallow depths that ... with the bubbles rising and releasing through the porous rock of the magma cap. "Although we detected a volatile-rich layer, its bubble and ...

These additions eventually caused pressure to build up enough that the magma erupted to the surface. In the following eruptions, the lava rocks contained less rhenium, meaning magma was able to ...

WASHINGTON — Scientists can't know precisely when a volcano is about to erupt, but they can sometimes pick up telltale signs. That happened two years ago with the world's largest active volcano.

Resident Ragnar Visage captured the terrifying moment the eruption occurred as the lava and magma can be seen flowing towards the outskirts of the town of Keflavík. The volcanic activity follows ...