Learn how subduction zones become enriched in gold through repeated melting of Earth's mantle.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Magma becomes lava when it rises up to the Earth’s surface, like when the Nyiragongo volcano erupted in the Democratic Republic ...

New research led by the University of Cambridge has found rare evidence – preserved in the chemistry of ancient rocks from Greenland – which tells of a time when Earth was almost entirely molten. The ...

Scientists have shown how the freezing of a ‘slushy’ ocean of magma may be responsible for the composition of the Moon’s crust. The scientists, from the University of Cambridge and the Ecole normale ...