A volcano larger than Mount Everest is discovered on Mars

A volcano larger than Everest was discovered on the red planet, one of the closest to Earth in the solar system. This discovery could, according to scientists, tell us more about Mars, which has surfaces similar to Earth.

According to experts, for the last 50 years we have ignored the existence of a Martian volcano that is 151 meters larger than Mount Everest.

Although it had been photographed for years by the different probes that have orbited Mars, Its shape is so eroded, according to the American Astronomical Institute (SETI), that, until now, no one had realized its existence.

Through the Google Earth platform, it is possible to closely explore this phenomenon of the red planet.

David Tovar, researcher at the National University, points out that “it is a highly fractured structure that was not previously known to exist, It is estimated that about 9,000 meters high, much higher than Mount Everest, may have played a fundamental role in the early stages of the red planet. “There are still many things we do not know about this volcano, but there are surely many important implications for understanding what these volcanic processes are like on the planet Mars.”

According to Tovar, all volcanoes on Mars are inactive. It is estimated that its most recent period of activity was about 1,000 million years ago.

However, the researcher indicates that discoveries like this They help in understanding the origins and prevalence of life in the universe.

This discovery was presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held in the United States by planetary scientist Pascal Lee of the American Seti Institute.