Sixty million years ago, when the Eurasian plate slammed into the Indian plate, a mountain range was born. Because these plates were of similar density, neither could sink below the other. The rocks ...

Olympus Mons, a shield volcano on Mars, is the largest volcano in the solar system, measuring approximately 370 miles in diameter and 26 kilometers in height. The formation of Olympus Mons and three ...

Olympus Mons is the largest volcano in the solar systems. The altitude of Olympus Mons is nearly three times the altitude of the largest peak on Earth, Mt.Everest. Tharsis volcanoes are Arsia Mons, ...

A spacecraft has delivered fantastic images of Mars, showcasing textured terrain and a lone crater near the planet’s most famous landmark. Olympus Mons is the Solar System’s largest volcano. It’s so ...

Astronomers have revealed dramatic new images of the largest volcano in the solar system. They show a crumpled feature at the base of Mars' Olympus Mons, resulting from an ancient catastrophic ...

Viking confirmed that Mars, like Venus and Earth, has volcanoes. This one, Olympus Mons, is the largest volcano in the solar system. It reaches 26 kilometers high — three times the height of Mount ...

Evidence of a catastrophic landslide on the bottom portion of the giant Martian volcano Olympus Mons. Credit: ESA / DLR / FU Berlin / CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO A spacecraft orbiting Mars has captured evidence ...

HiRISE is not able to capture the entire caldera at the summit of Olympus Mons, so we try to get as many images as possible to create a potential mosaic. This image shows the northeastern rim of the ...