Scientists have been able to recreate the extreme conditions found on icy moons in deep space—and revealed the unstable ...

Olympus Mons is the largest volcano in the Solar System, however, it’s not on Earth. The massive volcano is on the surface of ...

NASA Odyssey orbiter snapped a first-ever image of a Mars volcano peeking above clouds before dawn. It’s twice as tall as Earth’s largest volcano.

A new study from NYU Abu Dhabi has found that high-energy particles from space, known as cosmic rays, could create the energy ...

By studying Olympus Mons and other volcanoes on Mars, scientists can help unravel clues to the Red Planet’s climate history, too. The meteorites born from the volcano actually show signs of ...

Arsia Mons, an ancient Martian volcano, was captured before dawn on May 2, 2025, by NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter while the spacecraft was studying the Red Planet’s atmosphere, which ...

The volcano Odyssey spotted is known as Arsia Mons, one of three that forms the Tharsis Montes, or Tharsis Mountains. Though clouds composed of carbon dioxide are common on Mars, the Martian mountain ...

Figure 1: A giant volcano hiding in plain sight in one of Mars’ most iconic regions. The newly discovered giant volcano on Mars is located just south of the planet’s equator, in Eastern Noctis ...

A bit after sunrise on June 6, 2025, NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter saw one of Mars' biggest volcanoes, Arsia Mons, as it broke through the clouds. The volcano is the cloudiest of the Tharsis ...

By discovering carbonate rocks, NASA's Mars rovers may have unlocked the key to understanding the fate of the Red Planet's ...

NASA Odyssey orbiter snapped a first-ever image of a Mars volcano peeking above clouds before dawn. It’s twice as tall as Earth’s largest volcano.