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Mars may have once been filled with seas of magma that made the Red Planet habitable

Deep oceans of magma once sloshed about inside the crust of Mars, seismic measurements taken by NASA's InSight mission suggest.

Space · Jun 30

Mars has a solid inner core, resolving a longstanding planetary mystery — new study

Scientists have discovered that Mars has an interior structure similar to Earth’s. Results from Nasa’s Insight mission suggest that the red planet has a solid inner core surrounded by a liquid outer core, potentially resolving a longstanding mystery.

The Conversation · Sep 3, 2025

Scientists surprised by source of largest quake detected on Mars

NASA’s InSight lander detected the largest quake yet recorded on Mars, one with a 4.7 magnitude - fairly modest by Earth standards but strong for Mars

The Hindu · Oct 20, 2023

NASA's InSight lander detects space rocks as they slam into Mars

InSight detected seismic and acoustic waves from the impact of four meteorites and calculated the location of the craters they left.

The Hindu · Sep 20, 2022

Mars lander uses seismic data to locate meteorite impact craters for the first time ever

The now-retired InSight Mars lander recorded seismic waves from three meteor strikes in 2021 -- and traced them to brand new Martian craters.

Inverse · Sep 19, 2022

Mars more volcanically active than we thought, marsquakes hidden in NASA Insight data suggest

Mars seems to have more going on under its ruddy crust than we thought, with a new study unveiling nearly 50 previously unknown marsquakes.

ABC News · Mar 30, 2022