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

With public access sharply limited, there were no witnesses to what were likely several explosions in the Norris Geyser Basin ...

On Monday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey announced the discovery of a new geothermal pool in Yellowstone National Park ...

Learn about the new hydrothermal feature that appeared last winter in Yellowstone National Park, possibly on Christmas Day.

Geologists working in Yellowstone National Park discovered a new pool of strange light blue water this spring. Using satellite imagery, they have now been able to determine exactly how and when this ...

Norris Geyser Basin is one of the only major thermal basins located outside of Yellowstone Caldera (it is about 2.5 miles north of the caldera rim) and covers an area of about 800 acres.

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.

Norris Geyser Basin also hosts several craters that reach up to 100 meters (328 feet) in diameter. These craters were formed during hydrothermal explosions that ejected boiling water, mud and rocks.

A bison roams in front of Castle Geyser in the Upper Geyser Basin at Yellowstone National Park, Mont., on Sept. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum) A new hydrothermal pool has been discovered in ...

Named for Philetus Norris, who served as Yellowstone National Park superintendent from 1877 to 1882, Norris Geyser Basin is Yellowstone's hottest and most-changing geyser basin.

The last time magma was thought to be involved in uplift at the Norris Geyser Basin was between 1996 and 2004. "This was occurring about 10 miles beneath the surface," Poland said.