On Earth, we can use data from hundreds and even thousands of seismometers to triangulate the location of an earthquake. On Mars, we only have data from a single instrument on the Insight lander. To ...

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The northern plains of Mars, marked by thousands of mounds and hills, hold significant evidence of the planet's watery past.

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But it may have once been a blue world like Earth. “Bringing (samples) back will revolutionize our understanding of Mars and indeed ... For the past decade and a half the agency has been ...

On Earth, we can use data from hundreds and even thousands of seismometers to triangulate the location of an earthquake. On Mars, we only have data from a single instrument on the Insight lander.