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The technology behind the two seismometers that make up NASAs Farside Seismic Suite was used to detect more than a thousand Red Planet quakes.

There are 293 confirmed moons in our cosmic neighborhood. By studying these worlds, astronomers hope to learn about ancient asteroid collisions, space volcanoes, and the origins of life itself.

Images from each and every spacecraft now orbiting Mars have ruled out a meteorite strike as the cause of a 4.7-magnitude marsquake, the strongest temblor ever detected beyond Earth

Using new instruments and clever science, the Mars Insight lander left us with incredible new insight into the belly of the red planet.

Data sent by the spacecraft before it retired last December has provided new details about how fast the planet rotates and how much it wobbles. Scientists have made the most precise measurements ever of Mars’ rotation, for the first time detecting how the planet wobbles due to the “sloshing” of i

InSight's end has long been in sight, with NASA warning that it would likely be inoperative by the end of the year. The lander went quiet this weekend and shared a tweet it said might be its last.

As the InSight lander reports the largest-ever meteorite strikes on Mars, scientists wish it a fond farewell

Scientists thought the InSight spacecraft had recorded some major marsquakes, but with another NASA mission’s help, they found what had really shaken up the red planet.

Seismology has been a long-overlooked tool in planetary exploration, but the success of NASA’s InSight lander has reignited the field

Mark Panning, the JPL project scientist for NASA’s InSight lander, and his colleagues drew from seismometer data to find the thickness and potential