Scientists discover an ancient volcano near the martian equator 

Near Mars’ equator, a giant volcano has been hiding from us for decades. While the site had been observed by spacecraft since the 1970s, the volcano’s severe erosion disguised it. Researchers now suspect the volcano’s eruptions buried a nearby bed of glacial ice. The discovery, announced at this year’s Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, givesContinue reading “Scientists discover an ancient volcano near the martian equator ”
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