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Nasa InSight data reveals that spin of the Mars was increasing by 0.76 milliseconds per (Earth) year

The discovery, using data from NASA’s retired InSight lander, is puzzling to scientists who study the red planet.

Radio signals from the lander help us track Mars' spin as it slowly shifts.

The InSight lander mission ended last year, but its data reveals some surprises about Mars, including the fact that the planet is rotating faster every year.

Radio data has also allowed planetary scientists to measure Mars' rotation rate and learn more about the world's over-sized, molten core.

They found the planet’s rotation is accelerating by about 4 milliarcseconds per year — corresponding to a shortening of the length of the Martian day by a fraction of a millisecond per year.

Mars' spin is speeding up a hair fast enough to shorten the length of a day by a fraction of a millisecond per year. Researchers explain how they precisely measured Mars' rotation.

The Red Planet's spin is speeding up a hair fast enough to shorten the length of a Martian day by a fraction of a millisecond per year. NASA's Mars Insight lander died a few months ago, no longer able to generate power from its dust-covered solar panels, but scientists continue to learn new things about Earth's neighboring planet from the data it collected. One of the latest revelations from the lander is on Mars' unique jitterbug: how fast the planet rotates and wobbles. Res...

NASA’S InSight Mars Lander provides precision details on the red planet’s accelerating rotation and how Mars is wobbling on its axis over a period of days and months.

Martian Mystery Mars, as our closest planetary neighbor in the Solar System, has many mysteries—from the tantalizing traces of liquid water on its surface to questions about the existence of alien microbes lying in wait in the red dust of the planet's surface. Well, add another weird thing about Mars that's a complete mystery. The […]