In a recent video uploaded, NASA has recently detected what might be the first ever Marsquake detected on the Red Planet, marking it as a major achievement.
NASA’s InSight lander, which has been on Mars since the past few months detecting quakes and other related seismic activities, detected what probably is the first ever Marsquake (earthquake on Mars) sensed on the planet.
Mars, I hear you. I’ve detected some quiet but distinct shaking on #Mars. The faint rumbles appear to have come from the inside of the planet, and are still being studied by my team. Take a listen.👂https://t.co/GxR1xdRx1F pic.twitter.com/Z8Hn03jigO
— NASA InSight (@NASAInSight) April 23, 2019
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The clip, which was recorded on April 6, showed ‘faint rumbles’ that ‘appear to have come from inside of the planet’. The recording first begins with the sounds of Mars’ winds, moving on the detected Marsquake and then to a robotic arm.
“We’ve been waiting months for our first marsquake,” said Philippe Lognonné, principal investigator for InSight’s seismometer, in a statement by French space agency CNES. “It’s so exciting to finally have proof that Mars is still seismically active. We’re looking forward to sharing detailed results once we’ve studied it more and modeled our data.”
The finding, as per Futurism, is a very significant one and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has called it as a ‘groundbreaking moment’.
“We’ve been collecting background noise up until now, but this first event officially kicks off a new field: Martian seismology,” geophysicist at NASA’s JPL Bruce Banerdt said.