Mars

Mysterious structures hidden beneath the surface of Mars are discovered: ScienceAlert

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A team of scientists presented a new gravity map of Mars at the Europlanet Science Congress 2024. The map shows the presence of dense, large-scale structures beneath Mars’ long-vanished ocean and that mantle processes are affecting Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the Solar System. The new map and analysis includes data from multiple missions, … Read more

A long-lost moon could explain Mars’ strange shape and extreme terrain

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An image of Mars

A long-lost moon may explain why Mars is so different from the other rocky planets in the solar system. today, MARCH there are two small moons. But early in its history, the Red Planet may have had a much larger moon, which could account for Mars’ odd shape and extreme terrain, suggests Michael Efriimsky, an … Read more