Marsquakes Indicate a Solid Core for the Red Planet, Just Like Earth: Study
Mars' inner core is about one-fifth of its radius and solidifies slowly, explaining its lack of a magnetic field despite similar core structure to Earth, scientists said.
- Mars' inner core is solid and made of metal, similar to Earth's core, as revealed by a Chinese-led research team using NASA's InSight data.
- The Martian inner core, approximately 380 miles in radius, is mostly solid metal, indicating a composition likely including iron and nickel.
- Further studies are needed to understand Mars' core and its implications for the planet's magnetic field, as noted by Daoyuan Sun.
- The research was based on seismic readings from NASA's InSight lander, which recorded over 1,300 marsquakes before 2022.
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Despite the difficulties in research, a new study reveals the existence of a solid internal core, indicating that Marte has a nucleo-manto-like structure.
It Turns Out Mars’s Core Isn’t Molten — Scientists Didn’t See It Coming
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'We've never seen...' — Marsquakes reveal stunning structures hiding inside the red planet
The interiors of Mars have chunks and blobs of ancient rocks that could have developed to form planets. The discovery was made when scientists were scanning through the data of NASA's InSight lander. How did they manage to remain the same for over 4.5 billion years?
A team of scientists led by Chinese researchers has discovered that the innermost core of Mars is solid, a feature that resembles the core of our planet. This finding, based on data collected by NASA's InSight probe, was published in Nature magazine and provides new information on the inner structure of the red planet.
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