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Deepa Jain

The speed of sound on Mars is constantly changing, bizarre study finds

A top down photograph of a large purple-colored mountain on the surface of Mars.

Researchers have teased out the details of how sound behaves at various times and places on Mars — and the results are very different from what we are used to on Earth.

NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars carries several microphones. These devices, intended to study the properties of materials on the Red Planet, have picked up all sorts of additional sounds, including the eerie spluttering of Martian dust devils. 

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