Insight Lander
Scientists Have Figured out why Martian Soil is so Crusty
On November 26th, 2018, NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat Transport (InSight) mission landed on Mars. This…
Basketball-Sized Meteorites Strike the Surface of Mars Every Day
NASA's InSight Mars Lander faced some challenges during its time on the red planet's surface. Its mole instrument struggled to…
Marsquakes Can Help Us Find Water on the Red Planet
Earth is a seismically active planet, and scientists have figured out how to use seismic waves from Earthquakes to probe…
Mars is Spinning Faster and Faster
Before it retired, NASA's Mars Insight Lander sent home detailed data about the rotation of Mars. From these data, planetary…
Mars Lacks a Planet-Wide Magnetosphere, but it Does Have Pockets of Magnetism
China's Zhurong rover measured the magnetic environment on Mars, which is helping scientists narrow down when its global magnetic field…
Mars Has a Thick Crust. Its Internal Heat Mainly Comes from Radioactivity
How thick is the crust of Mars? This question is what a recent study published in Geophysical Research Letters attempted…
An Earthworm Robot Could Help Us Explore Other Worlds
Evolution is a problem-solver, and one of the problems it solved in many different ways is locomotion. Birds fly. Fish…
Ingenuity is Doing Surprisingly Well
After months of extreme cold, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter appears to be back in working order.
Mars Ingenuity Kicks up a Surprising Amount of Dust Every Time it Lands
Based on all the dust Ingenuity helicopter kicked up, a team of researchers has completed the first real-world study of…
This Will Probably Be InSight’s Last Picture Before it Runs Out of Power Forever
The InSight lander might have transmitted its last picture from the surface of Mars. It looks like the lander is…