'Marsquakes' may solve 50-year-old mystery about the Red Planet

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February 7, 2025, 10:04 PM

• •Data from NASA's InSight lander suggests that ancient internal processes are responsible for the 'Martian dichotomy' that splits the Red Planet into two distinct halves.
• •The Martian dichotomy is a planetary imbalance that has puzzled scientists for decades.
• •The study team thinks this temperature difference can be explained by ancient tectonic activity that has since disappeared from Mars.

Marsquakes recorded by NASA's InSight lander suggest that ancient internal processes are responsible for the 'Martian dichotomy' that splits the Red Planet into two distinct halves.

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