Get the latest Science News and Discoveries

Scientists uncover hidden shards of Mars’ violent birth, frozen for billions of years


Mars isn’t the neatly layered world we once imagined — its mantle is filled with ancient, jagged fragments left over from colossal impacts billions of years ago. Seismic data from NASA’s InSight mission revealed that these buried shards, some up to 4 km wide, are still preserved beneath the planet’s stagnant crust, acting as a geological time capsule.

None

Get the Android app

Or read this on ScienceDaily

Read more on:

Photo of Mars

Mars

Photo of billions

billions

Photo of hidden shards

hidden shards

Related news:

News photo

Scientists Crack the Code of the Galaxy's Most Mysterious Steam Worlds

News photo

Scientists Discover Unusual Plasma Waves in Jupiter's Aurora

News photo

Scientists shocked to find a supposedly harmless virus hiding in brains of Parkinson’s patients