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NASA detects stunning meteoroid impact on Mars – – University of Bristol – All news
NASA’s InSight lander recorded a magnitude 4 marsquake on Christmas Eve, 2021, but scientists learned only later from orbiter images the cause of that quake: a meteoroid strike estimated to be one of the biggest seen on Mars since NASA began exploring the cosmos. What’s more, it excavated boulder-sized chunks of water ice buried closer to the Martian equator than ever found before – a discovery that has implications for NASA’s future plans to send astronauts to the Red Planet.
NASA’s InSight lander recorded a magnitude 4 marsquake on Christmas Eve, 2021, but scientists learned only later from orbiter images the cause of that quake: a meteoroid strike estimated to be one of the biggest seen on Mars since NASA began exploring the cosmos. What’s more, it excavated boulder-sized chunks of water ice buried closer to the Martian equator than ever found before – a discovery that has implications for NASA’s future plans to send astronauts to the Red Planet.University of Bristol – All news
