Scientists may have pinpointed a massive, oddly shaped volcano taller than Mount Everest on the surface of Mars — and it has ...

The volcano, like Keyser Söze, has been "hiding in plain sight for decades," but the region is so eroded that the volcano has been overlooked in orbital imagery taken since the 1970s.

How do you celebrate? With a knockout new image showing off Mars’ massive volcanoes, rugged valleys and ethereal clouds. There’s even a special guest star: a moon. The European Space Agency ...

Mars’ thick crust may have been a hidden engine of geological activity, producing granitic magmas and sustaining underground ...

A Chinese rover found evidence of ancient beaches on Mars, suggesting the planet once had vast oceans 4 billion years ago. The discovery of sloping sand layers beneath the surface provides new ...

What are those mysterious holes on Mars? The holes, aka pits, are located on the flanks of ancient volcanoes in Mars's Tharsis region, the largest volcanic region on the red planet and home to ...

Scientists are still trying to figure out. Like Earth and Venus, Mars has mountains, valleys, and volcanoes, but the red planet’s are by far the biggest and most dramatic. Olympus Mons ...

Diverse Ancient Volcanoes on Mars Discovered by Planetary Scientist May Hold Clues to Pre-Plate Tectonic Activity on Earth Feb. 15, 2024 — A geologist has revealed intriguing insights into the ...

If the findings hold up, the buried shorelines tell a compelling story of the last days of oceans on Mars. Based on the ...

Now, Mars. Photographs from the NASA Archive, a stunning new release from publisher Taschen, invites us on an extraordinary ...