The NASA InSight Lander has 'heard' and detected the vibrations of four space rocks as they slammed into Mars over the past two years
Sign up for CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The NASA InSight Lander has"heard" and detected the vibrations of four space rocks as they slammed into Mars over the past two years.
It's the first time a mission has picked up both seismic and acoustic waves from an impact on Mars, and InSight's first detection of impacts since landing on the red planet in 2018. Fortunately, InSight wasn't in the path of these meteoroids, the name for space rocks before they hit the ground. The impacts ranged from 53 to 180 miles away from the stationary lander's position in Mars' Elysium Planitia, a smooth plain that's just north of its equator.
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