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

Just days after a hydrothermal blast struck Biscuit Basin, a brand-new pool of boiling water appeared near the explosion site. A small hydrothermal explosion hit Yellowstone National Park's Biscuit ...

When Yellowstone National Park staff arrived to work on Saturday, June 13, they noticed something odd: the Firehole River ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

The Biscuit Basin area of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming is closed following a hydrothermal explosion Tuesday morning, park officials said in a news release and post on X. Biscuit Basin, its ...

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 ...

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