Get the latest Science News and Discoveries

New class of Mars quakes reveals daily meteorite strikes - EurekAlert


An international team of researchers combine orbital imagery with seismological data from NASA’s Mars InSight lander to derive a new impact rate for meteorite strikes on Mars. Seismology also offers a new tool for determining the density of Mars’ craters and the age of different regions of a planet.

None

Get the Android app

Or read this on Eureka Alert

Read more on:

Photo of EurekAlert

EurekAlert

Photo of New class

New class

Photo of Mars

Mars

Related news:

News photo

New computational microscopy technique provides more direct route to crisp images - EurekAlert

News photo

Mars is Bombarded by Meteoroids At More Frequent Rates than Previously Thought

News photo

DeepEvo: An “intelligent” strategy for engineering customized proteins - EurekAlert