Nasa's InSight lander records hundreds of marsquakes on red planet
by Ian Sample Science editor from Science | The Guardian on (#4ZT3K)
InSight, which touched down in 2018, proves beyond doubt that Mars is seismically active
The latest robot to land on Mars has felt the ground shake beneath its feet, whirlwinds tear across the surface and sudden blasts of air shoot past like "atmospheric tsunamis".
The measurements are the first to be released from Nasa's InSight lander, which touched down in the barren expanse of Elysium Planitia in November 2018 on a mission to investigate the planet's interior.
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