Researchers analyzing Marsquake data from NASA's InSight lander have discovered dozens of dense blobs within Mars' mantle, likely remnants of ancient protoplanets from up to 4.5 billion years ago, providing new insights into the planet's early history and internal structure.
NASA's InSight lander data reveals that Mars' mantle contains ancient impact fragments, indicating a sluggish interior that has preserved features from early solar system impacts, providing new insights into the planet's geological history.
Scientists analyzing seismic data from NASA's InSight lander have discovered large, ancient chunks of material in Mars's mantle, remnants from the planet's violent formation history, including massive impacts that created magma oceans and preserved geological fossils, offering insights into Mars's primitive, slow-evolving interior and the early Solar System.