"This number is based simply on averaging the two intervals between the three major past eruptions at Yellowstone—this is hardly enough to make a critical judgment," the USGS Yellowstone fact sheet reads. "Catastrophic geologic events are neither regular nor predictable."

New research reveals why the famously steamy park, hosting over 500 hot geysers, shows no signs of blowing its top. These days, the reservoirs of magma (molten rock) that feed Yellowstone hold pretty low concentrations of this magma. They simply don't contain enough volcanic fuel to drive the heat and pressure that would stoke an eruption.

There are these segregated regions where magma is stored across Yellowstone, instead of having one sort of large reservoir.’ What this means is that Yellowstone is unlikely t

A new study has sought to answer the pressing question: when will Yellowstone erupt and what will be the consequences?