There are actually a bunch of massive volcanoes on Mars. The biggest ones— like Olympus Mons—are shield volcanoes. Sometimes we think of volcanoes as super steep, magma-filled mountains. But shield ...

The last time I wrote an article here, it was to talk about Afar Region volcanoes, and I promised more to come. This is still a project that I have in mind, but that will have to wait a little ...

A new scientific discovery has revealed more information about volcanoes on Mars, and the revelation could hold the secrets to ancient life on the planet being unveiled. With Elon Musk among the most ...

A NASA rover taking rock samples on Mars has uncovered a plentiful mineral that was invisible to orbiters studying the Red ...

A comprehensive inventory of rivers on Alba Mons on Mars reveals a prolonged history of erosion and development into mature ...

The NASA rover Perseverance recently discovered a strange rock on Mars, which appears to be made up of small rounded stones a few hundred millimeters in diameter. NASA’s research team is trying ...

Researchers use the sophisticated technology on NASA's Perseverance rover to analyze volcanic rocks in Mars' Jezero Crater. Their findings show that some of the same volcanic processes that led to ...

Another possibility is that it could be an igneous rock formed from cooled down magma or lava (there are volcanoes on Mars too). The ‘face’ which caught people’s attention in the Jezero ...

Mars is also a dynamic planet with seasons, polar ice caps, canyons, extinct volcanoes, and evidence that it was even more active in the past. It is one of the most explored planets in the solar ...