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Mars Quakes Reveal Daily Meteor Bombardments on the Red Planet


An international research team has estimated that Mars is hit by 280 to 360 large meteorites annually, based on seismic data from NASA's InSight Mission. This rate is five times higher than estimates derived from orbital images, highlighting the effectiveness of seismology in impact studies. Fo

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