Yellowstone National Park sits atop one of the most studied volcanic systems on Earth, and the question of what a full-scale caldera-forming eruption would do to the United States draws enormous ...

Shortly before 10 a.m. on July 23, 2024, a violent hydrothermal blast ripped through Biscuit Basin in Yellowstone, hurling mud and steam into a towering plume estimated at 400 to 600 feet high. The ...

One of Yellowstone’s most active hydrothermal pools has exploded again, and the eruption was captured on video. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently shared footage of a mass of mud and water ...