Scientists Analyze Marsquakes To Determine the Structure of Mars’ Crust
Based on the analysis of marsquakes recorded by NASA’s InSight mission, the structure of Mars’ crust has now been determined in absolute numbers for the…
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NASA’s InSight Mission Reveals the Detailed Internal Structure of Mars
Using information obtained from around a dozen earthquakes detected on Mars by the Very Broad Band SEIS seismometer, developed in France, the international team of…
Surviving on Mars: NASA’s InSight Lander Uses Martian Sand To Give Itself a Power Boost
To clean a bit of dust from one of its solar panels, NASA’s InSight lander trickled sand above the panel. The wind-borne sand grains then…
Seismicity on Mars Full of Surprises – More Than 500 Marsquakes Detected by InSight Lander in First Year
The SEIS seismometer package from the Mars InSight lander has collected its first continuous Martian year of data, revealing some surprises among the more than…
Marsquake! NASA’s InSight Detects Two Sizable Quakes on Mars
NASA’s InSight lander used a scoop on its robotic arm to begin trickling soil over the cable connecting its seismometer to the spacecraft on March…
InSight Challenges: Mars Dust Forces NASA Changes to Keep the Lander Safe
As dust collects on the solar panels and winter comes to Elysium Planitia, the team is following a plan to reduce science operations in order…
NASA InSight’s “Mole” Ends Its Journey on Mars – But the Mission Is Far From Over
The heat probe hasn’t been able to gain the friction it needs to dig, but the mission has been granted an extension to carry on…
NASA Extends Exploration for Juno and InSight Planetary Science Missions
As NASA prepares to send astronauts back to the Moon and on to Mars, the agency’s quest to seek answers about our solar system and…
NASA’s Mars InSight: 3 Major Martian Mysteries Resolved
Scientists are finding new mysteries since the geophysics mission landed two years ago. NASA’s InSight spacecraft touched down November 26, 2018, on Mars to study…
At Last! NASA InSight’s “Mole” Is Out of Sight, Below the Surface of Mars
Now that the heat probe is just below the Martian surface, InSight’s arm will scoop some additional soil on top to help it keep digging…
Surprise on Mars – Unexpected Reaction to Solar Eclipses From Martian Moon Phobos
NASA’s InSight mission provides data from the surface of Mars. Its seismometer, equipped with electronics built at ETH Zurich, not only records marsquakes, but unexpectedly…
NASA InSight Lander Takes Deep Mars Measurements: Seismograph Data Reveals Boundaries From Crust to Core
Using data from NASA’s InSight Lander on Mars, Rice University seismologists have made the first direct measurements of three subsurface boundaries from the crust to…
NASA’s InSight Lander Flexes Its Robotic Arm – What’s Next for the “Mole”
Now that the lander’s robotic arm has helped the mole get underground, it will resume science activities that have been on hold. NASA’s InSight lander…
Marsquakes – InSight Mars Lander Opens a New Era for Planetary Seismology
Fifteen months after the successful landing of the NASA InSight mission on Mars, first scientific analyses of ETH Zurich researchers and their partners reveal that…
Mars InSight Lander Yields a Year of Surprising Discoveries Above and Below the Surface of the Red Planet
A batch of new papers summarizes the lander’s findings above and below the surface of the Red Planet. A new understanding of Mars is beginning…
Short, Mysterious Magnetic Pulsations Detected at Martian Surface Around Midnight
InSight finds magnetic field at Martian surface ten times stronger than expected. Fluctuations in field provide clues about upper atmosphere. New data gleaned from the…
Mars InSight Lander’s Heat Probe Has Been Stuck for a Year – But NASA Has a New Plan
Engineers have a plan for pushing down on the heat probe, which has been stuck at the Martian surface for a year. After nearly a…
NASA Devises Clever Tactic to Save the Mars InSight Lander’s Heat Probe
NASA’s InSight lander, which is on a mission to explore the deep interior of Mars, positioned its robotic arm this past weekend to assist the…
