Marsquakes

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  Mars' Interior Holds Evidence Of Violent Early History, NASA Scientists Confirm

  NASA scientists have discovered massive fragments of ancient planetary collisions buried deep in Mars' mantle, using seismic data from the InSight lander.

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  A Secret Ocean Could Change Everything We Know About Mars

  Evidence is mounting that a secret lies beneath the dusty red plains of Mars, one that could redefine our view of the Red Planet: a vast reservoir of liquid water, locked deep in the crust.

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  What A 2022 Marsquake Told Scientists About Sending Humans To Red Planet

  This particular discovery sheds light on the evolution of Mars, which is considered too small and too cold to host tectonic processes like Earth.

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  Insight Mars Lander Losing Power, Will See Dusty Demise in July, Says NASA

  NASA says will keep using the spacecraft’s seismometer to register marsquakes until the power peters out, likely in July. Then flight controllers will monitor Insight until the end of this year, before calling everything off.

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  NASA's InSight Lander Mission Detects Largest Marsquakes to Date - Magnitude 4.2 and 4.1

  A seismometer placed by NASA's InSight lander on Mars has detected the two biggest marsquakes to date. According to a new study, the seismic events were of magnitude 4.2 and magnitude 4.1. Both these quakes were five times stronger than the previous largest seismic event recorded.

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  NASA's InSight Lander Captures Stunning View of Sunrise on Mars

  NASA's InSight Mars lander captured a stunning view of a sunrise on the Red Planet, giving space enthusiasts an idea of what watching the run rise on Mars could look like. InSight is NASA's first mission to study the interior of Mars — its crust, mantle, and core — in depth and has completed its mission of spending one Martian year on the plane...

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  Mars More Seismically Active Than Previously Thought, Researchers Say

  Mars is much more similar to Earth than previously thought. Researchers have found that the Red Planet is experiencing 'Marsquakes' due to ongoing volcanic activity beneath its dusty, barren surface, just like earthquakes strike our planet.

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  Mars Lander Confirms Quakes, Aftershocks on Red Planet

  NASA's newest Mars lander has confirmed that quakes and even aftershocks are regularly jolting the red planet. Scientists reported Monday that the seismometer from the InSight spacecraft has detected scores of marsquakes.

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  NASA InSight Mars Lander Captures Marsquakes, Other Martian Sounds

  NASA's InSight lander on Mars has captured the low rumble of marsquakes and a symphony of other otherworldly sounds.

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  NASA Probe Detects Likely 'Marsquake': An Interplanetary First

  NASA's robotic probe InSight has detected and measured what scientists believe to be a "marsquake," marking the first time a likely seismological tremor has been recorded on another planet.

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  "Marsquake": First Tremor Detected On Red Planet

  Scientists said Tuesday they might have detected the first known seismic tremor on Mars in a discovery that could shed light on the ancient origins of Earth's neighbour.

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  On Mission To Detect 'Marsquakes', NASA Spacecraft Nears Red Planet

  NASA's first robotic lander designed to study the deep interior of a distant world hurtled closer to Mars on course for a planned touchdown on Monday after a six-month voyage through space.

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  NASA's InSight, Made To Detect 'Marsquakes', Blasts Off From California Air Force Base

  NASA on Saturday blasted off its latest Mars lander, InSight, designed to perch on the surface and listen for "Marsquakes" ahead of eventual human missions to explore the Red Planet.

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  To Detect 'Marsquakes', NASA Spacecraft Set For Rare California Launch

  After decades exploring the surface of Mars, NASA is set for the weekend launch of its first robotic lander dedicated to studying the red planet's deep interior, with instruments to detect planetary seismic rumblings never measured anywhere but Earth.