NASA InSight Marsquake Data Reveals 4.5 Billion-Year-Old Impact Fragments Preserved in Mars’ Mantle
Data from NASA's InSight Mars lander has revealed that the interior of Mars contains large fragments beneath its surface, remnants of massive impacts that occurred approximately 4.5 billion years ago. These findings, based on seismometer data collected during the mission, indicate that Mars' mantle preserves debris from violent collisions with large rocky bodies, or protoplanets, during the early formation of the solar system. The research highlights the lumpy and fragmented nature of the Red Planet's interior, providing new insights into its geological history and the conditions prevalent in the early solar system.
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Marte sufrió impactos colosales que dejaron grandes escombros enterrados profundamente bajo la superficie https://t.co/Cnv0NMwUXV
Reuters Scientists have uncovered a fragmented interior in Mars, with the planet's mantle preserving ancient debris from its violent formation billions of years ago, according to a new study of 'marsquakes' based on NASA's InSight mission data https://t.co/cXWMZo5bXx
Letizia Davoli 🚀 I dati dal lander #InSight (ora a riposo) rivelano che sotto la superficie di Marte, a grande profondità, c'è un enorme frammento di un impatto con un grosso corpo celeste avvenuto circa 4.5 mld di anni fa. Ai tempi gli impatti erano frequentissimi e colpirono anche la Terra, ma https://t.co/fo8hFaWrsd
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