Shane McGlaun - May 9, 2021, 12:09pm CDT Scientists have long known that Mars was volcanically active billions of years ago. However, many believe that volcanic activity had long ago ceased. A team of scientists now believes Mars was volcanically active in much more recent history. Scientists spotted what appears to be evidence of a recent volcanic eruption, but by recent, they mean on a cosmic timescale. The researchers are saying the evidence is believed to be of eruption dating within the last 50,000 years. While that’s still a vast length of time, the discovery could have implications for finding signs of microbial life on Mars.