Unveiling Mars' Past: Olympus Mons as a Gigantic Volcanic Isle
Is it possible that Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in our solar system, was once a behemoth volcanic island on Mars, equivalent in size to the nation of France? According to the latest research led by a CNRS scientist, this could indeed have been the reality of the Martian landscape at some point in its geologic past. The work, which was published in the Earth and Planetary Science Letters jo