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Seismic signals have suggested Mars gets hit by around 300 meteorites every year, providing a new tool for dating planetary surfaces | “You could think of it as a sort of ‘cosmic clock’ to help us date Martian surfaces, and maybe, further down the line, other planets in the Solar System.”


Seismic signals have suggested Mars gets hit by around 300 basketball size meteorites every year, providing a new tool for dating planetary surfaces.

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