Scientists say they have discovered a giant volcano hidden in plain sight on Mars. The volcano, temporarily named the Noctis, spans 280 miles wide and was discovered alongside a buried ice glacier ...

Near a region known as Noctis Labyrinthus (Labyrinth of the Night) on Mars, scientists have discovered evidence of a massive, ancient volcano, Science Alert reports. This hidden volcano, buried under ...

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A NASA satellite has spotted frozen "kidney beans" on Mars' sand dunes trapped in place until springtime. Photographing them ...

Researchers believe dark rocks at the site of a future Mars rover landing mission may be left over from ancient volcanic ...

The mystery location of a giant volcanic eruption that has puzzled scientists for almost 200 years has finally been solved.

Mars has many interesting features, but one of the most amazing is Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano in our Solar System. This giant volcano is not only huge, but it also helps scientists learn ...

Mar. 13, 2024 — A deeply eroded giant volcano, active from ancient through recent times and with possible remnants of glacier ice near its base, had been hiding near Mars' equator in plain sight.

Volcanoes were very common on Mars, which is home to some of the largest volcanos ... The volcano that deposited the ash at Oxia Planum is not thought to have been one of these giant volcanos but was ...

To learn more about these rocks, the study authors mapped a region of 19,300 square miles (50,000 square kilometers) using data from the Context Camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, a NASA ...

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