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Mosaic of the Valles Marineris Hemisphere de Mars designed similarly to the one that would be seen from a spacecraft.
A new research indicates that there are huge structures in the mart of Mars that will be traces of giant rocks that could have evolved to planets.
Scientists discovered evidence of huge old structures Buried in the depths of the Mars of Mars, which may be the preserved remains of protoplanets that collided with the red planet for over 4 billion years ago.
The discoveries in Science are based on seismic data from NASA’s insight grounding module, which monitored seismos on Mars between 2018 and 2022 Before you turn off when the dust covered your solar panels. By studying the way seismic waves moved through the planet’s cloak, the researchers identified dozens of unusual structures hidden under surfaces, with some up to 4 kilometers wide.
“We had never seen the interior of a planet with So many details and clarity“Said the main author, Constantinos Charalambous, Planetary Scientist at Imperial College London.“ What we are seeing is a cloak Old fragments.”
The spots were detected because the signs of seismos on Mars decreased in certain regions, indicating that denser material was embedded in the surrounding rock. Researchers believe that these fragments are Massive impact remains Occurred during the early chaotic years of the solar system, when Mars was repeatedly hit by embryonic asteroids and planetary bodies. Some of these impactful bodies may have been protoplanets – giant rocks that, under different conditions, could have evolved to complete planets, says.
Unlike the earth, which recycles its crust through the platelet of plates, Mars is a single plate planet. Its cloak is solid, motionless and largely inactive, which means that the old impact remains remained frozen for thousands of millions of years. On Earth, similar characteristics will have been erased by convection and tectonic displacements.
“Your survival to this day tells us that Mars’s cloak evolved slowly Over thousands of millions of years, ”explained Charalambous.
The study co-author, Tom Pike, a spatial exploration engineer of Imperial College London, emphasized the broader implications of discoveries. “We knew that Mars was a time capsule with records of your initial formationBut we didn’t foresee the clarity we would be able to see with insight, ”he said.
