Scientists Detect The Biggest Extraterrestrial Earthquake Ever

NASA scientists have detected the biggest extraterrestrial earthquake ever on Mars with a magnitude of 5 on the Richter scale.

According to a statement released on Monday by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), a robot on Mars has detected the largest earthquake ever felt on another planet, a Martian tremor with a magnitude of 5 on the Richter scale. The world-record-breaking "marsquake" not only reveals geological activity on Mars, but it also provides a glimpse into the planet's deep interior.

NASA's InSight mission, a lander that landed on Mars in November 2018, captured the quake. The Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS), which is the first seismometer ever deployed on an extraterrestrial planet, is a sensitive component aboard InSight.

SEIS, which was designed and developed by France's National Center for Space Studies, the country's governmental space age...

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