A hydrothermal explosion has created a 13-foot blue water feature in Yellowstone National Park. The explosion appears to have ...

The vast Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, USA, continues to be a source of fascinating discoveries.  Most recently, park geologists confirmed the ...

Who would have thought that a neonatal hot spring would pop up so surreptitiously in an area renowned for geology fireworks? But during April 2025, geologists on a regular maintenance run through ...

Jimmy Kimmel gave a salute to “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” — and blasted rival network CBS — on Thursday evening, ...

The dominant rock type in the Yellowstone region is rhyolite, and that is very rich in silica. As hot water circulates underground, it can dissolve that silica and bring it to the surface, where it is ...

More geological changes are occurring at Yellowstone National Park, as another hole forms in one of the park's basins.

A new light blue hot spring has formed in Yellowstone’s Norris Geyser Basin after months of small hydrothermal explosions.

The blue pool is located in the Porcelain Basin subbasin of Norris Geyser Basin, immediately west of a patch of vegetation informally known as Tree Island. It is about 13 feet across, and the water in ...

The blue water spring is about 13 feet in diameter and 1 foot below the rim, USGS said. The water in the pool was measured at ...

Yellowstone National Park geologists identified a new thermal feature in Norris Geyser Basin. It may have coincided with a ...

On April 10, 2025, geologists from Yellowstone National Park were conducting routine maintenance of temperature logging ...

Get ready for a little Christmas in July: There’s a new baby blue pool in Yellowstone National Park, and science suggests it started forming on the winter holiday.