"We just decided to turn the camera on and see how it looked." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's Odyssey spacecraft, the ...

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Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the Solar System, is a colossal shield volcano located on Mars. Rising 21 kilometers above the Martian surface, it dwarfs any mountain on Earth, including Mount ...

The volcano was seen peeking through the morning clouds. A NASA orbiter has captured a stunning image of a giant volcano on Mars. The panorama, captured on May 2 by NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter, shows ...

Just before dawn on May 2, a camera 240 million kilometers from Earth caught a moment that seemed almost Earth-like: clouds hugging the flanks of a great mountain, and a summit poking defiantly above ...

The wonders of our universe abound, and this week, we look back at an amazing cometary visitor, our own Earth-Moon system, and Saturn's rings. Plus, new images of the massive Olympus Mons volcano on ...

Mars is a dead world, showing the barest hints of geological activity today. But in the distant past, it was a tumultuous planet that spawned the largest volcano in the solar system. Olympus Mons ...

An enormous plume of magma is slowly but steadily rising underneath Mars and could one day provoke an eruption of the solar system's tallest volcano. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

A spacecraft's-eye view over the landscapes of Mars has just given us a first-of-its-kind glimpse of the giant, ancient edifice known as Arsia Mons. The NASA satellite Odyssey captured the enormous ...