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A new survey of the Martian surface suggests that in its younger years, the red planet was littered with volcanoes that might resemble the rumblings of our little blue dot before it formed
Unlike Earth, which has a crust of interlocking continental plates floating atop its viscous mantle, present-day Mars is generally considered a one-plate planet that had active volcanoes once upon a time.is because the red planet lacked tectonic plates to conveniently vent the pressures of a churning mantle.
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