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With more than 700 marsquakes detected so far, scientists have a clearer picture of the interior structure of Mars than ever before. That picture shows Mars has a liquid metal core, a thick mantle with a rocky layer above a more fluid layer, and a crust that is proportionally thicker than Earth’s.


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