Left behind is a giant caldera, from the Spanish word for "cauldron." The "hot spot" responsible for the Yellowstone caldera has erupted dozens of times in the past, going back some 18 million years.

New research of the Yellowstone supervolcano has pinpointed when it is likely to erupt next - and it might not be so soon. The research published in the Nature journal looked at the magma chambers ...

According to an analysis published last week in the journal Nature, while a significant amount of magma is beneath the Yellowstone Caldera, it is stored in small, separate pockets rather than a ...

Yellowstone National Park was rocked by an earthquake last night, sparking fears its supervolcano could be awakening. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) detected a magnitude 3.9 quake ...

Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Richard Tollo, emeritus professor ...

Nikolay Patrushev cited recent research showing that a simulated eruption of the Yellowstone Caldera, which has shown increasing signs of active volcanic status over the years, and what ...