Officially dubbed the Northern Appalachian Anomaly (NAA), this subterranean slimeball sits 125 feet deep underground and ...

Scientists have said that a massive, "hot blob" of rock beneath the Appalachian Mountains is slowly moving toward New York ...

Technically known as the Northern Appalachian Anomaly (NAA), the 350-kilometer- (217-mile-) wide blob of hot rock hasn't been ...

Scientists reveal a superhot geological 'blob' moving toward New York City, impacting the Appalachian Mountains' elevation.

The ‘hot blob’ is officially called Northern Appalachian Anomaly (NAA), and lies 125 feet deep underground and extends 220 ...

The Appalachian Mountains, with their ancient peaks and timeworn ridges, are a familiar sight in Eastern North America. But ...

A massive, heated rock formation, dubbed the 'hot blob' or Northern Appalachian Anomaly (NAA), is situated 200 km beneath the ...

A bold new theory reimagines the NAA as a "Rayleigh–Taylor instability"—a geological term for when heavy, cold rock begins to sink into the hot, soft rock below, like molasses dripping into honey.

However, scientists are scratching their heads trying to understand why this blob has been quietly on the move for so long. It was first believed to be a piece of landmass leftover when North America ...