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Mars’ Mantle Hides Ancient Planetary Fragments, Seismic Data Reveals

Mars is not the pristine, stratified world that people once imagined it is a graveyard of shattered worlds, their shattered remnants encapsulated deep in its mantle for over four billion years. It is ... Read More

Mars's mantle preserves chaotic features from colossal impacts

New research published in the journal Science reveals the red planet's mantle preserves a record of its violent beginnings. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. The inside ... Read More

Mars’ mantle is a preserved relic of its ancient past, seismic data reveals

Locked beneath a single-plate crust, Mars’ mantle holds a frozen record of the red planet’s primordial past, according to a new study of Martian seismic data collected by NASA’s InSight mission. The ... Read More

Scientists uncover hidden shards of Mars’ violent birth, frozen for billions of years

Mars isn’t the neatly layered world we once imagined — its mantle is filled with ancient, jagged fragments left over from colossal impacts billions of years ago. Seismic data from NASA’s InSight ... Read More

NASA's InSight Lander Reveals a Surprise at The Very Core of Mars

Scientists peering into the very heart of hearts of the planet Mars have found a deeply unexpected structure. There, at the innermost core of the planet, InSight seismic data reveals a solid mass ... Read More

Quakes on Mars Reveal New Features of the Planet’s Interior

Using data from NASA’s retired InSight lander, two separate teams of researchers found evidence of a sluggish Martian mantle and a solid inner core. By Katrina Miller Three years ago, Martian dust ... Read More