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The two quakes, which had magnitudes of 3.3 and 3.1, further validate the theory that the location is seismically active. In fact, InSight has detected more than 500 quakes so far during its mission.
Experts have revealed that the planet has two types of quakes – one that is “Earth-like” and the other “moon-like”. While earthquakes here travel through our planet, those on the moon are more scattered, and the majority of those on Mars seem to be between the two, although the four largest quakes that happened at Cerberus Fossae were categorized as “Earth-like”.
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NASA s Perseverance Rover Discovers odd Rock, Scientists Now Investigate
NASA Perseverance rover recently spotted a peculiar holey rock that bears a resemblance to meteorites, said the US space agency on April 1 and shared its image.
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Perseverance rover recently spotted a peculiar holey rock that bears a resemblance to meteorites, said the US space agency on April 1. The Perseverance team tweeted on Thursday that the scientists have not yet determined exactly what the rock is as of now but called it an “odd one”. The rock is nearly 6 inches long and told its followers, probably interested in knowing more about Mars to locate a “row of laser” where the robotic explorer zapped it.
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Ancient Crater Lake Discovered On Mars Linked To Planet s Icy Past: Researchers
An ancient crater lake in the southern highlands of Mars appears to have been created due to glacier runoff, claimed researchers indicating planet’s icy past.
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An ancient crater lake in the southern highlands of Mars appears to have been created due to glacier runoff, claimed researchers on March 30 indicating that the Martian Planet could have a cold and icy past. The Researchers at Brown University said in a statement that they have discovered a never-known-before type of ancient crater lake on the Red planet that could give scientists insight into the mysterious past of the planet and its early climate. The latest study on Mars’ ancient crater has been published in Planetary Science Journal and is led by Brown University’s Ph.D. student Ben Boatwright.
Astronomers have discovered a previously unknown ancient crater lake on Mars, in a recent study.
In a study published in Planetary Science Journal, a team led by researchers from Brown University in the US describe an as-yet to be unnamed crater with some puzzling characteristics.
The crater's floor has unmistakable geologic evidence of ancient stream beds and ponds, yet there's no evidence of inlet channels where water could have entered the crater from outside, and no evidence of groundwater activity where it could have bubbled up from below.
Among the many mysteries of Mars, perhaps the most challenging is what happened to the Red Planet’s water. It once was wet and fertile. “It’s now bone dry,” said Cosmos host, Neil deGrasse Tyson, “Something bad happened on Mars. I want to know what happened on Mars so that we may prevent it from happening here on Earth.”
Long-Dead Waterways
Mars is laced with distinctive signs of big, long-dead rivers but scientists still don’t know what kind of weather fed them, because their understanding of the Martian climate billions of years ago remains incomplete. Early in the planet’s history, Mars only received a third of the sunlight of present-day Earth, which shouldn’t be enough heat to maintain liquid water. That is but one of the long list of its unsolved mysteries.