New data is challenging what scientists previously knew about one of the youngest geological features on the Red Planet. That feature is Athabasca Valles, a system of valleys carved into volcanic ...

Using syrup and baking soda, research has demonstrated the formation mechanism of rootless cones, small volcanic landforms commonly found on Earth and Mars. The study clarified, through an ...

Rootless cones on Earth (left) and Mars (right). The photo on the left was taken at Lake Mývatn in Iceland. The image on the right was created using CTX Global Mosaic v.1.0 (Dickson et al., 2023). The ...

Niigata, Japan - Rootless cones are small volcanic landforms ranging from several to several hundred meters in diameter, formed by continuous explosions resulting from the interaction between surface ...