Olympus Mons is a giant volcano on Mars. It is the tallest mountain in space. It is almost three times higher than Mount ...
NASA's Mars Odyssey robotic spacecraft, which has been exploring Mars for over two decades, is set to complete an impressive milestone on June 30: 100,000 orbits around the Red Planet. Since its ...
Early astronomers once called the bright feature Nix Olympica, latin for “Olympic Snow”, based solely on telescope observations. Its true form was only confirmed in 1971, when NASA’s Mariner 9 mission ...