If you take a minute to think about it, it’s weird that we know anything about the Earth’s core. It is necessarily obscured from our view, and the conditions that far down are so hot and so ...
An image of the final selfie taken by NASA's InSight Mars lander on April 24, 2022, the 1,211th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Credits: NASA NASA’s InSight mission has ended after more than four ...
For the past two years, a NASA spacecraft has sat lifeless on the surface of Mars, its solar panels caked with dirt. Despite the fact that InSight retired in December 2022, engineers quietly hoped ...
One day on Mars is about 37 minutes longer than an Earth day – but it seems both planets are working to fix the gap. Data from NASA’s InSight lander have revealed Martian days are getting ever so ...
This illustration shows NASA's InSight spacecraft with its instruments deployed on the Martian surface. NASA/JPL-Caltech That wasn’t quite the end of the story for InSight, though, as it is still ...
On Tuesday, researchers announced a surprising origin of the strongest quake ever recorded on Mars. While exciting, the quake’s discovery was bittersweet. The tremor, strong enough to shatter building ...
'The goal of the InSight mission was to rewrite the textbooks. We have done it, literally.' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.
'We were fortunate to observe this quake.' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A massive marsquake measured by NASA's InSight lander ...
NASA has successfully completed the construction of theNancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, a next-generation observatory set ...
These craters were formed by a Sept. 5, 2021, meteoroid impact on Mars, the first to be detected by NASA’s InSight. Taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, this enhanced-color image highlights ...