Mars is the seventh largest planet in our solar system and has been more robotically explored than any other planet outside Earth since the 1960s. Imaging with Mariner 9 in 1971 revealed the first direct evidence of water on the Red Planet. But it was only thanks to the recent ESA ExoMars and Mars Express … Read more
Olympus Mons seen here in an image from the Trace Gas Orbiter with frost on top. PC ESA DLR FU Berlin University of Berlin. Reprinted with permission from World At Large, a news website covering nature, politics, science, health and travel. Even more evidence of liquid water on Mars has been discovered by a European … Read more
This image shows Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano not only on Mars but in the entire solar system. … [+] The volcano has a diameter of about 600 kilometers. The image was captured in the early morning (07:20 local solar time, LST) by the high-resolution stereo camera on board ESA’s Mars Express, and included as … Read more
CNN — The equatorial region of Mars is home to the solar system’s tallest volcanoes, which – in addition to being as tall as three Mount Everests in some cases – are likely hiding an unexpected icy phenomenon, a new study has found. The largest – Olympus Mons – is 26 kilometers high and a … Read more