NASA Discovers Quakes on Mars
Robotic Lander InSight Discovers Red Planet Has Seismic Activity Source: NASA - InSight Hundreds of Marsquakes in the Past Year NASA's robotic lander InSight has delivered some big discovery and innovation dividends. InSight just detailed, for the first time, that the Red Planet Mars experiences quakes like the Earth and the Moon. NASA has called the shakes, rattles and rolls on Mars "Marsquakes". Incredibly, InSight has detected 450 seismic events on Mars in the past year as it has explored Mars on the ground. 20 of the quakes were significant and in the 3 to 4 point magnitude range. NASA First According to NASA, this is the first time that they've established that Mars is a seismically active planet. InSight's observations will help scientists better understand how rocky planets like Mars and the Earth form and evolve. And the lander's sensors also detected significant winds swirling around Mars. In fact, ...