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Newly Formed Craters Located on Mars

The largest crater is approximately 5.7 meters (nearly 19 feet) in diameter, while the smallest crater spans less than a meter (three feet). Image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona.

These craters hold interesting clues about the planet’s atmosphere and interior, including how it formed and evolved over time. An international team of researchers with NASA’s InSight mission located four new craters created by impacts on the surface of Mars. Using data from a seismometer and visuals acquired from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the team successfully calculated and confirmed the impact locations. This is the first time that researchers have been able to capture the dynamics of an impact on Mars...

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