Mars tremors and recent volcanism suggest Mars still has a mantle plume
Enlarge / One of the faults in the Cerebrus Fossae region, potentially created by stretching of the crust driven by a mantle plume. The Mars InSight lander included the first seismograph placed on the Red Planet, and it captured everything from earthquakes to impacts and provided plenty of new information about Mars’ interior. But perhaps …
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