In a discovery that's truly out of this world, astronomers have unearthed a colossal volcano that's been lurking ... seamlessly with the surrounding Martian landscape. It was only through the ...

Jezero Crater, once a lake bed some 3.5 billion years ago, has become the focus of NASA’s search for signs of past life. It’s ...

This discovery, published in Communications Earth & Environment, may hold key insights into the planet’s volcanic history and ...

Scientists have now identified water frost on the summits of several large Martian volcanoes, indicating potential habitable zones for future missions to the Red Planet. This discovery ...

‘The combined giant volcano and possible glacier ice discovery is significant, as it points to an exciting new location to study Mars’ geologic evolution through time, search for ...

“Secondly, frost deposition is linked to colder Martian seasons ... For more on this discovery, see Chilling Revelation: Frost on the Solar System’s Tallest Volcanoes. Reference: “Evidence for ...

Furthermore, numerical simulations of the Martian climate show that the surface temperatures of these volcanoes are compatible with the ... Earth has about 100 times more water than Mars. This ...

The cones, seen in images from Europe's Mars Express probe, have no blemishes from impact craters. This suggests the volcanoes erupted very recently and that the sites could have ongoing volcanism.

While these volcanoes are generally consigned to ancient Martian history, just a few years ago, it was determined that a large lake of liquid water found beneath the ice at Mars' south pole was ...

Martian volcanoes are big but not numerous, making each new discovery significant. The Tharsis volcanic province is made up of a giant bulge, the most prominent geographic feature on Mars ...