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Mike Wehner
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- NASA's Mars InSight lander has provided NASA with some interesting insights into the workings of the Red Planet.
- One of the most surprising things is that marsquakes act much differently than earthquakes, and scientists have no idea why that is.
- Mars is also very noisy, at least from a geological perspective, with lots of rumbles happening regularly.
NASA's Mars InSight lander was sent to the Red Planet to provide scientists with some literal insights into the inner workings of the planet. That includes listening for quakes and using the vibrations to paint a clearer picture of what lies deep beneath the surface. Sure, it's had some issues with that self-burrowing "mole" tool, but aside from that, it's performed quite well.
In a new blog post, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory lays out the three biggest things that the space agency's scientists have learned from the InSight mission. They're all important, of course, but perhaps the most interesting to science fans like myself (and probably you) is that marsquakes are way, way different than earthquakes.
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Marsquakes are nothing like earthquakes, and NASA is surprised originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 17 Dec 2020 at 20:30:37 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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