A sudden steam blast ripped through Biscuit Basin in Yellowstone National Park on June 13, 2026, excavating a new pool of ...

Yellowstone National Park geologists have confirmed that a small hydrothermal explosion that occurred earlier this month formed a new thermal pool.

Officials reported a hydrothermal explosion at Yellowstone’s Biscuit Basin, forming new vents and a boiling pool with no injuries.

According to the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, hydrothermal explosions are “violent and dramatic events resulting in the rapid ejection of boiling water, steam, mud, and rock fragments.” These ...

A Yellowstone supereruption would be devastating, but scientists say it is not the volcano’s most likely threat. Here is what ...

Learn more about glacial periods in Yellowstone National Park and how they may be connected with hydrothermal activity.

JACKSON — In the early hours of June 13, a hydrothermal explosion in Yellowstone National Park’s Biscuit Basin sent several rocks flying into the air and formed cracks in the ground, one measuring ...

When Yellowstone National Park staff arrived to work on Saturday, June 13, they noticed something odd: the Firehole River flowing from Biscuit Basin was filled with “a light‑grey, milky plume.” Upon ...

Yellowstone sits on one of Earth's largest volcanic systems, and geologists say an eruption will eventually happen — one that ...

Around 465 active geysers are roiling across Yellowstone National Park at any given time, with new ones regularly bubbling to the surface every year. But as impressive as they are ...

Beneath Yellowstone Park a monstrous plume of hot rock is causing the earth to heave and tremble. Past volcanoes have erupted ...