Lava flows are masses of magma that pour onto the ... has an extremely low viscosity, making it almost as fluid as water. Alkaline lava has a melting temperature in excess of 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

Cratered surfaces across our solar system reveal signs of ancient impacts, but mysterious gullies on Vesta might have formed through sudden brine flows triggered by meteoroid impacts. Recent ...

Abby: One-tenth of the world's population lives within the danger zone of a lava flow, which means knowing how lava works and reacts to elements like water, metal, and ice is key. So on this ...

Kilauea's eruption continues with lava flows and tephra covering a closed road. Geologists are studying tephra samples to ...

The eruption of the Mauna Loa volcano in the US state of Hawaii prompted residents and tourists to visit the site to witness the rare scene. It is the world’s largest active volcano. After its ...

simulated Martian mud flows were seen to behave a bit like boiling toothpaste. Under certain conditions, the fluid even began to bounce. The mucky gunge resembled a certain type of lava referred ...

That, and it's not a great idea to attempt to plug them up with concrete. The most common type of lava flow is basaltic, making up around 90 percent of all lava flows on the planet. In these flows ...

A lava tube may also form, beneath the surface of the ground, when low viscosity lava develops a hard crust through which lava flows.

A revised hazard map for volcanic Mount Fuji in central Japan suggests the volume of lava flow from a major eruption would likely be double that of previous estimates. The updated finding was ...