Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure
Mars Has Lots of Water, But It’s Out of Reach
Mars was once wet, but now its surface is desiccated. Its meagre atmosphere contains only a tiny trace amount of…
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…
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…
InSight Peers Deep Below the Surface on Mars
The InSight lander has been on Mars, gathering data for a thousand days now, working to give us a better…
InSight has Mapped out the Interior of Mars, Revealing the Sizes of its Crust, Mantle, and Core
In a series of newly-published papers, NASA scientists have shown how InSight's seismic data allowed them to measure the structure…
InSight Detects Two Significant Quakes from the Cerberus Fossae Region on Mars
NASA's InSight lander felt the distant rumble of two major 'marsquakes' in March, originating from a region near the Martian…
After a Challenging First Year on Mars, InSight Shows Us that Mars is Seismically Active
The NASA and DLR InSight lander has been on Mars for over a year now. The mission has faced significant…
InSight Has Already Detected 21 Marsquakes
The SEIS (Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure) instrument on NASA's InSight lander has sensed 21 Marsquakes since it was deployed…
InSight Just Detected its First “Marsquake”
The InSight lander recently detected the strongest seismic signal yet, thanks to its Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS) instrument.
InSight Just Put a Windshield Over its Seismometer
NASA's InSight lander arrived on Mars on November 26th, 2018. Since then, it's been busying itself studying its landing spot,…