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?

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A recent satellite image captured a glowing river of lava flowing down the flank of Europe's largest active volcano as it ...

The lava that erupts at Hawaii's volcanoes ... At places where two tectonic plates are pulling away from each other, magma — hot, molten rock — can rise from the mantle to the surface, forming ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

In a new paper, "Diverse and highly differentiated lava suite in Jezero crater ... rover mission and has been analyzing ancient rocks found within Mars' Jezero Crater. One of the primary mission ...