The study may also have implications in the search for life on Mars.
, researchers have found evidence that Mars may have a massive, active mantle plume below its surface, pushing the crust upward and causing marsquakes and volcanic eruptions.Researchers Adrien Broquet and Jeff Andrews-Hanna from the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory of the University of Arizona analyzed data from several orbital probes and dozens of marsquakes captured by the NASA spacecraft, Insight.
"We have strong evidence for mantle plumes being active on Earth and Venus, but this isn't expected on a small and supposedly cold world like Mars," Andrews-Hanna said. "Mars was most active 3 to 4 billion years ago, and the prevailing view is that the planet is essentially dead today.
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