New research published by the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics offers a compelling explanation for the strange nature of Mars’ ancient magnetic field. The study suggests that the Red ...

The core is probably still molten from Mars’s fiery birth, some 4.5 billion years ago. Compare and contrast The only other planetary bodies for which scientists have measured the core using ...

Based on a model of Mars’s thermal and chemical evolution, Dr. Samuel and his colleagues had proposed the existence of a core-straddling magma ocean in 2021. But “we had no seismological ...

NASA’s InSight lander and its instruments have revealed some of the mysteries of the Martian crust, mantle and core that have eluded scientists until now. It’s the first time we’ve been able ...

Mars’ core does not generate this protective shield, and so the planet’s surface conditions are hostile to life.” There is evidence that early Mars may have been a lot like Earth , with ...

Mars' core formed within just a few million years, scientists say compared to the hundreds of millions or even billions of years that it took for Earth's core to form — it also might smell like ...

Mars’ core is also slightly denser and smaller than scientists believed, with a radius of approximately 1,106 to 1125 miles (1,780 to 1,810 kilometers).

The study, which suggests that Mars' core is mostly … A sphere made of six metal wedges was used to compress a mixture of iron, nickel, ...

Previously, it was believed that Mars’s core could be a large object that isn’t very dense. That data was captured by InSight’s Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure mission.

Earth’s liquid outer core is suggested to have only about half the fraction of light elements advocated for Mars’s core, as it is likely to contain less than 2 wt% S, along with no more than 4 ...

Today, Mars is a planet with a thin atmosphere that is unable to support substantial running water on the surface, but scientists have found evidence of ancient lakes, streams and perhaps oceans ...