Scientists claim to have found new evidence of underground volcanic activity on the planet.
Of hot magma is triggering marsquakes, which are similar to earthquakes, in a specific region of the Red Planet.
The finding would lend credence to theories that life may exist in underground caverns on Mars.
The surface and groundwater thought to be present there could provide a habitat for alien microbes.
Australian National University made their finding after combing through data from Nasa’s InSight Mars lander.
Published in Nature Communications, uncovers 47 previously undetected marsquakes beneath the Martian crust.