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lava

[lah-vuh, lav-uh] / ˈlɑ və, ˈlæv ə /
NOUN
volcano matter
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"This planet must be much, much more volatile-rich than Earth to explain the observations. It's really like a wet lava ball."

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

Snaking through dunes, mountains and lava fields, the pipeline carries oil from huge fields in eastern Saudi Arabia to the country’s Red Sea Coast.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

What they dug out was at points like "molten lava".

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

Scientists have already identified volcanic features, including lava tubes, on both Mars and the Moon.

From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2026

Weird stuff is happening that can’t be explained by the laws of nature, in which case our planet might be in store for a global meltdown full of crazy lava explosions and plagues of frogs.

From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins