Marsquakes Reveal Planetary Core

In three new papers, scientists analyzed data from NASA’s InSight lander to reveal the structure of Mars and its crust, lithosphere, mantle, and core.

IMAGE: Artist’s impression of the internal structure of Mars. CREDIT: IPGP / David Ducros

It has been an exciting week in the world of space science, with some revolutionary stories being published. Let’s look at the results from three separate papers released this week in the journal Science on the structure of Mars. The teams involved analyzed…