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In a significant first, researchers detect water frost on solar system's tallest volcanoes - EurekAlert


An international team of planetary scientists has detected patches of water frost sitting atop the Tharsis volcanoes on Mars, which are not only the tallest volcanic mountains on the Red Planet but in the entire solar system.

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