NASA's InSight lander helps decode Martian weather
5 years, 1 month ago

NASA's InSight lander helps decode Martian weather

India TV News  

NASA's InSight lander which touched down on the Martian equator in November 2018, has revealed secrets about the Red Planet's weather patterns, including details about its surface tornadoes, and the steady, rumble of low-frequency sounds on the planet, a new study says. The researchers noted that about a month after landing, InSight endured a large dust storm -- a periodic global event on Mars which, they said, could dramatically change the Red Planet's weather and climate. They said such gravity waves on the Earth can create linear rows of rolled "morning glory" clouds -- white, puffy clouds that look like lofty jelly rolls. The research team also found vortices, known as "dust devils", which are small whirlwinds forming into tiny tornadoes, caused by wind shear and convection near the surface.

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NASA’s InSight Mars lander: New HiRISE image reveals dusty resting place on the red planet
3 months, 2 weeks ago

NASA’s InSight Mars lander: New HiRISE image reveals dusty resting place on the red planet

India TV News  

NASA’s retired InSight Mars lander has been spotted by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in a new image captured on October 23, 2024, using the HiRISE camera. Dust patterns on Mars and Martian surface changes The HiRISE image of InSight helps scientists study the dust accumulation process on Mars. Its HiRISE camera plays a critical role in understanding long-term changes in …

Dead on Mars: InSight lander reveals how dust devil moves on Red Planet
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Dead on Mars: InSight lander reveals how dust devil moves on Red Planet

India Today  

Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has recently captured stunning new images of the retired InSight lander, revealing how dust accumulation on its solar panels has transformed its appearance over time. Taken on October 23, 2024, by MRO’s High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera, the images show InSight’s solar panels now sharing the reddish-brown hue characteristic of the Martian surface. Throughout its mission, …

One last gasp for Insight lander on Mars before dust kills the quake whisperer
2 years, 9 months ago

One last gasp for Insight lander on Mars before dust kills the quake whisperer

India Today  

The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat Transport lander, which has its ears stuck to the Martian grounds, listening to the faintest of rumbles and churnings, will have one last gasp of breath before its mission ends due to dust accumulation. We’re going to get every last bit of science we can before the lander concludes operations,” Lori …

NASA's Mars lander set for dusty demise as power dwindles
2 years, 10 months ago

NASA's Mars lander set for dusty demise as power dwindles

ABC  

A NASA spacecraft on Mars is headed for a dusty demise. Key points: NASA will call off the operation at the end of the year InSight has detected more than 1,300 marsquakes since 2018 InSight is currently generating one-tenth of the power from the sun that it did on arrival The InSight lander is losing power because of all the …

NASA InSight mission confirms Mars has quakes, but its atmosphere and magnetic fields are weird
5 years, 1 month ago

NASA InSight mission confirms Mars has quakes, but its atmosphere and magnetic fields are weird

ABC  

The first 10 months of data from NASA's Mars Insight mission reveal a new picture of what lies beneath the Red Planet's surface, and it's not all we expected. Key points: The first results from the Mars Insight mission confirm Mars is geologically active, but not as active as predicted The planet also has a very dynamic atmosphere, but the …

Hunting for ‘marsquakes,’ NASA lander finds a surprisingly active red planet
5 years, 1 month ago

Hunting for ‘marsquakes,’ NASA lander finds a surprisingly active red planet

LA Times  

Mars may look dry and dusty from the outside, but it has a surprisingly vibrant inner life, according to new findings from NASA’s quake-hunting InSight mission. “What these results really are showing us is that Mars is an active planet today,” said Bruce Banerdt, the mission’s principal investigator, based at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada-Flintridge, and a co-author …

A dust devil passed over NASA’s lander on Mars
5 years, 10 months ago

A dust devil passed over NASA’s lander on Mars

CNN  

Explore humanity’s first moon landing through newly discovered and restored archival footage. But when a wind vortex, also known as a dust devil, recently passed over NASA’s InSight lander, it actually provided some assistance for the stationary mission. “It didn’t make a significant difference to our power output, but this first event is fascinating science,” said InSight science team member …

Hear, Hear! NASA's InSight lander catches the first recorded evidence of a quake on Mars
5 years, 11 months ago

Hear, Hear! NASA's InSight lander catches the first recorded evidence of a quake on Mars

Firstpost  

This was likely the first Marsquake detected by InSight’s instruments on the Red Planet. NASA’s InSight lander appears to have caught evidence of the first ever “faints rumbles” from inside Mars. Mission scientists working from data collected by the InSight lander, a robotic geologist sent by NASA to investigate the planet’s quakes, tremors and heat escaping from the surface. “It’s …

Sounds of Mars wind captured by Nasa's InSight lander
6 years, 3 months ago

Sounds of Mars wind captured by Nasa's InSight lander

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Nasa's latest spacecraft, the InSight lander, captured the "haunting low rumble" of Martian winds on …

NASA's InSight lander 'hears' Martian wind
6 years, 3 months ago

NASA's InSight lander 'hears' Martian wind

India TV News  

NASA's InSight lander, which touched down on Mars on November 26, has provided the first ever "sounds" of Martian wind on the Red Planet, the NASA said. InSight sensors captured a haunting low rumble caused by vibrations from the wind, estimated to be blowing between 10 to 15 mph on December 1, from northwest to southeast, NASA said on Friday. …

NASA reveals something new about Mars that affects entire planet
8 years, 9 months ago

NASA reveals something new about Mars that affects entire planet

India TV News  

New Delhi: While examining the seasonal patterns of Mars, NASA revealed stunning pictures of a seasonal dust storm pattern on the surface of Red Planet. After decades of research NASA scientists discovered three distinct regional storms occurring consecutively at approximately the same times of a year, during summer and spring in the southern hemisphere. “When we look at the temperature …

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