Recent findings from the InSight mission suggest that Mars experiences 280 to 360 significant meteorite impacts per year, far exceeding previous estimates based on satellite images. This seismic approach offers a new way to date the surfaces of Mars and other planets. Credit: NASA/JPL – Caltech Seismic signals indicate Mars is hit by about 300 … Read more
First meteor impact detected by NASA’s InSight mission; the image was taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter using its High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona: https://science.nasa.gov/resource/insight-detects-an-impact-for-the-first-time/ An international team of researchers led by ETH Zurich and Imperial College London has made the first estimate of global meteorite impacts on Mars using … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Petrology and composition of dark clasts from CR NWA 14250. Backscattered electron (BSE) images of (A) a large chondrule-containing clast and (B) a smaller clast without chondrules. (C) Average laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer analyzes of the dark clast … Read more