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Giant Martian volcano discovered ‘hiding’ in plain sight

The Red Planet continues to surprise us. New research has revealed a giant volcano and possible buried glacial ice sheet. The location for this groundbreaking announcement is in the eastern part of the Tharsis volcanic field on Mars, near the planet’s equator. Due to its eroded, difficult-to-detect nature, the feature had been overlooked since Mariner… Read More »