A geologist has revealed intriguing insights into the volcanic activity on Mars. He proposes that Mars has significantly more diverse volcanism than previously realized, driven by an early form of ...

Mars has an active, electrically charged surface where dust storms and spinning dust devils regularly move and reshape the ...

The surface of Mars is covered in faults and scars which show that the planet was once tectonically active, with activity beneath the surface that formed structures like valleys and trenches. But most ...

If liquid water indeed exists under the south polar ice cap of Mars, it has to be due to volcanic activity, a new study suggests. The researchers behind the new work argued that there needs to be an ...

It seems like we hear big news about Mars almost every day, even though the planet’s only known inhabitants are our trusty rover friends. It’s red and dusty now, but scientists know it had water ...

Although there is plenty of evidence that Mars has a volcanic past, it was thought to have quieted down long ago. Now, new observations reveal that an eruption could have taken place within the past ...