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Thousands of Immense Supervolcano Eruptions Buried Much of Ancient Mars
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Thousands of Immense Supervolcano Eruptions Buried Much of Ancient Mars

In one of the single most terrifying articles I have ever read, planetary scientists show that ancient Mars suffered from immense, repeated supervolcano eruptions that buried a huge region under ash as deep as a kilometer, and that these eruptions are tied to vast calderas in a specific spot on the planet.