NASA is hearing 'peculiar sounds' on Mars

[Makuser]

NASA's InSight lander recorded the first-ever "Mars quake" in April. Nearly six months later, the lander has picked up more "peculiar sounds" on the Red Planet. In an Oct. 1 blog post, NASA said that the lander's seismometer, known as the Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS), is able to pick up subtle noises, including a breeze, as well as more Mars quakes. "It [Mars quake] had a surprisingly high-frequency seismic signal compared to what the science team has heard since then," NASA wrote in the post. "Out of more than 100 events detected to date, about 21 are strongly considered to be quakes. The remainder could be quakes as well, but the science team hasn't ruled out other causes." You can read more about this interesting story and see a photo of the dome-covered seismometer, known as SEIS, belonging to NASA's InSight lander on Mars, here at:
https://www.foxnews.com/science/nasa-pe ... ds-on-mars

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Thanks very much for this, Marshall!

I saw an article about this a day or so ago, and then lost where it was, so I couldn't post it. Glad you got it!

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Here's another article from CNN:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/01/world/na ... index.html

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