How do you collect a fresh, uncontaminated lava sample hot from the volcano, then get it to the lab without it growing pesky crystals? Check out how researchers with the United States Geological ...

When volcanologists need to figure out things like how fast a lava flow moves, why adding water can cause an explosion, or even how volcanoes work on other planets sampling lava is the key. But a ...

When I read that the video featured here was intense, I was skeptical. One of my biggest gripes about “reality” television programs (and, to a lesser extent, documentaries) is how they often use music ...

The Earth’s core could be leaking after scientists have made a baffling discovery in the ancient lava. Studies of 62-million-year-old lava flowing on Baffin Island in Canada’s Arctic Archipelago found ...

Hawaii’s Mokuʻāweoweo, or Mauna Loa, hadn’t seen any external activity for nearly four decades when it erupted in November. Lava flowed from the volcano’s caldera for almost two weeks; ash drifted ...

Watching a geologist collect fresh hot-lava samples from an active volcano in Hawaii is both harrowing and deeply satisfying. While most people are familiar with “the floor being lava” as a ...

In the past, HVO would occasionally post images of people collecting lava samples on our website. These photos usually featured a person (with little-exposed skin) holding a rock hammer, with a metal ...

A scientist tries to get a lava sample from Mount Nyiragongo in Africa's Great Rift Valley, but gets too close to the boiling lake. Dr Dario Tedesco, from the University of Naples, one of the world's ...