Monday’s single-sol plan included a marathon 45-meter drive (about 148 feet), which put us in position for two full sols of ...

She told me the weirdest thing on Mars is a ginormous volcano. “Olympus Mons is the largest volcano in the solar system,” Cooper said. “It dwarfs Earth’s volcanoes! Its massive size helps ...

"By analyzing these diverse volcanic rocks, we've gained valuable insights into the processes that shaped this region of Mars," Tice said. "This enhances our understanding of the planet's ...

Their goal is to study the planet's volcanic and hydrological history, looking for indicators that Mars might have once been habitable. Through their research, the team has discovered two types of ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has revealed new clues about Mars' volcanic past. While most people searching for signs of alien life these days might have their eyes on the exoplanet K2-18b ...

Volcanic features have been observed on our fellow rocky planets, Venus and Mars, but they largely appear to be inactive right now. Some scientists, however, have suggested that current volcanic ...

That a Mars-sized object crashed into Earth billions of years ago ... Heavy bombardment scarred the lunar surface with impact basins and craters and volcanic activity led to the slow formation of the ...

Scientists have discovered frost on Mars' tallest volcano, Olympus Mons, revealing an active water cycle on the Red Planet. The frost, detected 13.5 miles above the surface, forms briefly each ...

The frost sits atop the Tharsis volcanoes – the tallest volcanoes not only on Mars, but across the Solar System. It was first seen by the European Space Agency’s (Esa) ExoMars Trace Gas ...

The thin yet widespread layers of water frost were discovered atop three of Mars' Tharsis volcanoes, located on a plateau at the planet's equator, according to a new study published in the journal ...

Rain will probably never fall on Mars’ giant volcano, Olympus Mons (our condolences to the MMC). But a glittering swath of frost covers the Martian mountaintop on chilly mornings, according to ...

Water in the form of frost has been detected on the highest volcanoes on Mars. Researchers found that the red planet's Tharsis volcanoes - the tallest in the solar system - have "on and off ...