Olympus Mons is the largest volcano in the Solar System, however, it’s not on Earth. The massive volcano is on the surface of Mars and it’s now at the center of a recent landmark discovery.

Olympus Mons on Mars is the tallest mountain in the solar system, rising an astonishing 21 kilometers high, nearly two and a half times taller than Mount Everest. But its true scale isn’t just about ...

The new satellite image from the European Space Agency shows Olympus Mons and the Tharsis volcanoes. | Credit: ...

Olympus Mons is a gigantic shield volcano, which was formed after lava slowly crawled down its slopes. This means that the mountain is probably easy for future explorers to climb, as its average ...

The Mars Express orbiter, a spacecraft managed by the European Space Agency, snapped images of landslides on Olympus Mons, the biggest volcano in our solar system.

Olympus Mons on Mars, the highest peak in the solar system, may have been a volcanic island encircled by a vast ocean, which might have affected the planet's habitability, according to geological ...

The Olympus Mons towers 16 miles, 25 kilometres above the surrounding plans and stretches across 374 mile, 601 kilometres, which is roughly the size of the state of Arizona.

However, older volcanism occurring at Olympus Mons could have been buried with more recent lava flows. While no rovers or landers have visited Olympus Mons, it has been imaged extensively from ...

Mars' giant mountain way bigger than Everest that would be surprisingly easy to climb Olympus Mons is as wide as France but would be far easier to climb than many of the Earth's perilous mountains ...

Olympus Mons is a giant shield volcano 13.6 miles tall, 2.5 times higher than Mount Everest's height above sea level. The volcano was first spotted in 1971 by NASA 's Mariner 9 spacecraft.

Imagine a volcanic island about the size of France and over 20,000 metres high. Such a landscape may once have existed on the planet Mars.

Imagine a volcanic island about the size of France and over 20,000 metres high. Such a landscape may once have existed on the planet Mars.