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New evidence suggests that volcanoes on Mars may have erupted just 50,000 years ago, far more recently than previously thought.

Life on Mars? Volcanic Activity Indicates The Red Planet Was Recently Habitable One researcher says the latest data points to the fact that 'Mars isn't dead.' Though Mars' most volcanic period is thought to have occurred between 3 and 4 billion years ago, researchers from the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory and the Planetary Science Institute said they have uncovered evidence showing the red planet might still be volcanically active today. If this were the case, microbial life may have existed relatively recently in certain regions, giving future Mars missions an indica...

Ideas, Inventions And Innovations Volcanoes on Mars Could Be Active Evidence of recent volcanic activity on Mars shows that eruptions could have taken place in the past 50,000 years, according to new study by researchers at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory and the Planetary Science Institute. Most volcanism on the Red Planet occurred between 3 and 4 billion years ago, with smaller eruptions in isolated locations continuing perhaps as recently as 3 million years ago. But, until now, there was no evidence to indicate Mars could still be volcanically active. Recent ex...

There's Evidence Volcanoes Are Active on Mars, Raising Chances of Recent Habitability Evidence seems to be mounting for a geologically and volcanically active Mars. A new, close study of volcanic features on the surface of the red planet has found that a lava deposit on the Elysium Planitia appears to be very recent indeed - as in, within the last 50,000 years.   On geological timescales, that's shockingly short. And it could mean that Mars was potentially habitable just as recently, with parts of it similar to regions of volcanic activity in glacial areas such as Iceland, where various for...

Evidence of recent activity from volcanoes on Mars shows that eruptions could have taken place in the past 50,000 years, according to a new study. Most volcanism on the red planet occurred between 3 and 4 billion years ago, with smaller eruptions in isolated locations continuing perhaps as recently as 3 million years ago. But, until now, there was no evidence to indicate Mars could still be volcanically active. “The young age of this deposit absolutely raises the possibility that there could still be volcanic activity on Mars…” Using data from satellites orbiting Mars, researchers disco...