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Aug 7, 2023 · NASA InSight Study Finds Mars Is Spinning Faster. Data sent by the spacecraft before it retired last December has provided new details about how fast the planet rotates and how much it wobbles. NASA’s InSight lander captured this selfie on April 24, 2022, the 1,211th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Dust on its solar panels caused the ...
Aug 9, 2023 · The InSight Mars lander has turned out to be a gift that keeps on giving. Even though its mission ended late last year, the data sent back to Earth by the lander has continued to provide new and ...
Aug 8, 2023 · They found the planet’s rotation is accelerating by about 4 milliarcseconds per year² – corresponding to a shortening of the length of the Martian day by a fraction of a millisecond per year. NASA’s InSight lander captured this selfie on April 24, 2022, the 1,211th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Dust on its solar panels caused the ...
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Aug 9, 2023 · By Elisha Sauers on August 9, 2023. Researchers measured Mars' rotation using one of NASA's Insight lander instruments. Credit: NASA. The Red Planet's spin is speeding up a hair fast enough to ...
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Aug 10, 2023 · Related: Detecting life on Mars may be 'impossible' with current NASA rovers, new study warns. Scientists aren't 100% sure what's causing the acceleration, but they have a few ideas. One is that ...
Aug 9, 2023 · The length of Mars' day is shortening by three-quarters of a millisecond each year as the planet’s rotation spins up, according to new results from NASA's InSight lander. A standard day on Mars ...
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Aug 17, 2023 · As if Mars wasn’t strange enough, data from NASA’s InSight Lander (RIP) has now revealed that the red planet is spinning faster and faster every year. The increasing spin went unknown until a ...