This chapter discusses the Insightlander and its role in listening to Mars quakes and meteorite impacts, but reveals that data collection has ended due to a malfunctioning seismometer.
For years, researchers have been listening to Mars and the quakes that ripple through it, to understand the planet's internal structure and uncover its history. But often these results have left more questions than answers. Now, though, new research published in Nature reveals the composition and size of Mars's core, finding that it is much smaller than previously thought.