Rumble on Mars: NASA's InSight lander detects first "Marsquake"

Inching closer towards Elon Musk's dream of colonizing Mars, NASA's InSight lander, on Wednesday, has detected first 'Marsquake', indicating possibility of red planet having similar seismicity to our home planet- Earth.

InSight probe which landed on Mars on vember 2018, first picked up a faint rumble on April 6, 2019, which marks 128th Martian day or sol, of mission. This is first seismic signal detected on any planetary surface apart from Earth and its moon.

Scientists have speculated source of 'Marsquake' could be due to a crack inside red planet or vibrations due to a meteorite impact.

InSight lander was launched by NASA to identify multiple quakes on Mars, which would present a clearer understanding of planet's interior rock structure. results can n be compared with Earth's internal rock layers to learn similarities and differences in which se two planets have evolved through time.

Scientists who have studied rumble recorded by InSight probe report that signals remind m very much of of data Apollo sensors gared on lunar surface. 

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory which mans many of NASA's robotic missions exploring Earth, solar system and our universe, h tweeted a recording of rumble listing various sounds in recording as 'Mars wind, likely marsquake and Robotic arm.'

probe's mission is scheduled to last more than two earth years. Seismograph experts hope that by that time, InSight should record ar dozen or so seismic signals in initial operating period.

This is what InSight lander looks like:

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