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Dozens of mysterious blobs discovered inside Mars may be the remnants of 'failed planets'
Researchers analyzed over 1,300 Marsquakes recorded by NASA's InSight from 2018 to 2022 to identify dense ancient protoplanet remnants preserved in Mars' mantle for 4.5 billion years.
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Just a few days ago, ABC echoed an extraordinary revelation in the magazine 'Science' about the internal structure of Mars: the Martian mantle is full of irregular fragments of different compositions and sizes, remnants of its tumultuous birth more than 4.5 billion years ago. That is to say that, far from being an orderly planet, with its well-defined layers of bark, mantle and core, the interior of the red planet resembles more a cake full of c…
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Verve timesDozens of mysterious blobs discovered inside Mars may be the remnants of 'failed planets'
"Marsquake" data collected by NASA's InSight lander have revealed dozens of mysterious blobs within the Red Planet's mantle. The structures may have been left by powerful impacts up to 4.5 billion years ago.
NASA’s InSight Reveals Ancient Planetary Remains Preserved Deep Inside Mars
Scientists using NASA’s InSight lander data have uncovered dozens of dense blobs hidden in Mars’ mantle, possibly remnants of failed protoplanets from the early solar system. Preserved for billions of years, these structures reveal Mars’ mantle evolved sluggishly compared with Earth, offering a unique window into planetary formation and the violent impacts that shaped the Red Planet.
Planetologist Sylvain Bouley works in particular on the surface of Mars and on everything related to terrestrial impactism (meteores, meteorites and impact craters). How does geology interfere in the analysis of soil structures to trace the evolution of planetary surfaces?
They can be the remnants of failed planets.
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