Marsquake! Nasa's Insight Lander Feels Its 1st Red Planet Tremor

Space.Com, Free Republic
Tue, 04/23/2019 - 9:16pm

Scientists just felt the Red Planet move under their feet — robotically from millions of miles away, on the stark surface of Mars. On April 6, NASA's InSight lander sensed its first confirmed marsquake, a phenomenon scientists suspected, but couldn't confirm, occurred on the neighboring planet. Measuring the Martian equivalent of earthquakes, seismic waves traveling through the interior of the planet, was among the lander's key science goals.

Topics: red planet mars april nasa's insight martian philippe lognonné french insight lander scientists instrument

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