Mars has some of the most impressive volcanoes in the Solar System. ESA’s Mars Express has now imaged the pitted, fissured flank of the planet’s second-tallest: Ascraeus Mons. Ascraeus Mons is the ...

The large volcanoes in the Tharsis region are testament to Mars' volcanically active past. Thin, basaltic magmas built up shield volcanoes well over ten kilometres high. The origin of the collapsed ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has captured pitted, fissured flank of Ascraeus Mons which is the second-tallest volcano on the planet Mars. Report also claim that Ascraeus Mons height is twice the ...

Did flowing water carve the well-known channels on the face of Mars? Or was molten lava perhaps the instigator? This debate has raged for years, and the answer is important, because if there was a lot ...

This 3D image shows a portion of the southern flank of Ascraeus Mons, the northernmost volcano of the Tharsis volcano group. The peculiar depressions which can be observed here, and on several Martian ...

The surface textures observed in this THEMIS image of Ascraeus Mons are due to different volcanic flow types. Textural variations can be produced under a variety of different conditions such as ...

There are not many things going on on Mars these days. Sure, a number of human-made motorized contraptions move about the place, trying to unlock its secrets with cameras and drills, but other than ...