Mars’ Hidden Molten Layer: A New Peek Beneath the Martian Mantle
Recently, a team of scientists involved in NASA’s InSight mission completed an analysis of seismic data recorded on Mars after a meteorite impact that occurred…
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Red-Hot Secrets: Scientists Discover Molten Layer Covering Martian Core
New NASA InSight research reveals a liquid silicate ‘blanket’ wrapped around Mars’ core, leading to new clues about the planet’s evolutionary history and the loss…
Mars’ Seismic Secrets: Decoding the Red Planet’s Core Mystery
Mars’s liquid iron core is smaller and denser than previously thought. Not only is it smaller, but it is also surrounded by a layer of…
Hidden Martian Secrets: NASA’s InSight Lander Uncovers Mars’ Molten Mystery
Recent data challenges initial NASA InSight Mars Lander mission findings about Mars’ internal structure. Researchers have discovered a molten silicate layer at the Martian mantle’s…
Mars Is Spinning Faster: NASA’s InSight Uncovers Surprising Acceleration
Data sent by the spacecraft before it retired last December has provided new details about how fast the planet rotates and how much it wobbles….
A Seismic Shift: NASA’s InSight Mission Unlocks Secrets of Mars’ Core
In 2021, a pair of quakes sent seismic waves deep into the Red Planet’s core, giving scientists the best data yet on its size and…
Mars’ Hidden Depths: NASA’s InSight Lander Unmasks the Red Planet’s Liquid Core
New NASA InSight research reveals that Mars has a liquid core rich in sulfur and oxygen, leading to new clues about how terrestrial planets form,…
The Heart of Mars: Seismic Waves Reveal the Red Planet’s Inner Secrets
Researchers have gained new insights into Mars’ liquid core, discovering that it is slightly denser and smaller than previously believed, and contains a mixture of…
“Dead Bus” – NASA Retires InSight Mars Lander Mission After 4 Years on Red Planet
After more than four years on the Red Planet, NASA mission managers have concluded that the solar-powered InSight lander has run out of energy. NASA’s…
Death by Dust: Game Over for NASA’s InSight Mars Lander?
We have known for a while that the end was near for NASA’s Mars InSight lander, as the spacecraft’s power supply continued to dwindle from…
Newly Formed Craters Located on Mars
These craters provide fascinating clues regarding the formation and evolution of the planet’s interior and atmosphere. Four new craters created by impacts on the surface…
Seismic Waves Reveal Surprising New Information About Mars
Researchers have observed seismic waves traveling throughout the surface of a planet other than Earth for the first time after two large meteorite impacts on…
The End Is Nigh: NASA Prepares To Say “Farewell” to History-Making Mars InSight Lander
A closer look at what goes into wrapping up the mission as the InSight spacecraft’s power supply continues to dwindle. The end is nigh for…
NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Detects Stunning Meteoroid Impact on Red Planet
NASA’s InSight lander felt the ground shake during the impact while cameras aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured the cavernous new crater from space. Last…
Still Alive! NASA’s InSight Lander Waits Out Martian Dust Storm
InSight’s team is taking steps to help the solar-powered lander continue operating for as long as possible. Recently, NASA’s InSight mission, which is expected to…
Listen to Space Rocks Crash Into Mars – Recorded by NASA’s InSight Lander
NASA’s InSight “Hears” Its First Meteoroid Impacts on Mars SEIS, the Mars lander’s seismometer, has picked up vibrations from four separate impacts in the past…
Surprise, Surprise: Subsurface Water On Mars Defies Expectations
Physics connects seismic data to properties of rocks and sediments. A new analysis of seismic data from NASA’s Mars InSight mission has uncovered a couple…
New Life: NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Gets a Few Extra Weeks of Science Operations
The InSight mission’s team has chosen to operate its seismometer longer than previously planned, although the lander will run out of power sooner as a…