It's a bloop. A rock slams into Mars. The sound of a meteorite crashing into the Martian atmosphere, exploding into multiple pieces, and hitting the surface hard enough to leave a mark was captured by NASA in September.
It's bloop, bloop. Don't bother taking my word for it. Don't listen to someone else.
The sound waves from the impact moved through the dry atmosphere of Mars, making the noise funnier. Lower-pitched sounds move quicker than high-pitched ones in deserts. An observer close to the impact would hear a bang, while someone far away would hear the bass sounds first.
The sounds were detected by NASA's InSight, which has been recording earthquakes on the red planet for the last few years. Scientists can get a better idea of what is happening under the surface of Mars by listening in to the shaking of the planet.
It can show them what is happening in the planet's immediate neighborhood. There is a meteorite before it hits the ground. The sounds from the rock hitting the atmosphere, exploding, and hitting the ground were picked up by InSight's instruments.
September 5th, 2021, was the first time researchers noticed an impact using the instrument, after keeping an ear out for it for a while. Scientists were able to figure out where the rocks came from with the help of InSight. Three craters were found when they checked out the landing site.
The craters looked beautiful after three years of waiting to detect an impact. The results of the paper were published on Monday. They were able to pick out three more impacts from the information they got from the impact.
A self-hammering probe had some trouble getting into the ground when it first arrived on Mars. The landers solar panels are gathering dust and are expected to stop working later this year.
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