NASA’s InSight Lander Detects Meteoroid Impact on Mars

The ultra-sensitive instruments on NASA’s InSight lander detected a Magnitude 4 “marsquake” on Mars on December 4, 2021. Scientists discovered that the marsquake indicated a meteoroid strike on the red planet when they compared data from InSight to images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). InSight’s seismometer, Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS), can detect … [Read more…]