24 April 2019
InSight detects first marsquake
... by the InSIght’s Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS) instrument on the lander's 128th Martian day, or sol. Marsquakes can signify the sudden release of energy in the planet's interior and this signal is thought to be of that type...
21 December 2018
InSight deploys its first instrument on Mars
... right position, SEIS will start to listen out for marsquakes – thunderous seismic waves that emanate throughout Mars’ layered ...region overlaid by less dense materials. Scientists will use marsquakes to deduce the depth and composition of these layers...
04 May 2018
NASA's InSight mission gears up for tomorrow's launch
... deeper below the surface. One particular phenomena that scientists are eager to learn more about are Marsquakes. Like Earthquakes on Earth, Mars is suspected of experiencing its own quakes which emanate from either tectonic activity...
20 January 2021
"Mole" on NASA's InSight mission to dig no more
... data and power between the lander and InSight’s seismometer, which has recorded more than 480 marsquakes. Burying it will help reduce temperature changes that have created cracking and popping sounds in seismic data...
19 March 2019
New data from InSight shows a contrasting Mars
... shield is InSights’ Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS) instrument. SEIS’s main role is to listen out for ‘marsquakes;’ pulses or seismic vibrations that rattle through the planet’s interior revealing clues as to how the Red Planet...
August 2018
Measuring the pulse of Mars
...more how meteorites can help constrain seismic data. Marsquakes happen below the surface and determining their location ...sources can ultimately help scientists refine properties associated with Marsquakes. No matter what the magnitude of the quake...
