Download it The nature podcast October 27, 2023
For years, scientists have listened to Mars and the tremors that travel through it to understand the planet’s internal structure and uncover its history. However, these results often left more questions than answers. But now new research has been published Nature reveals the composition and size of Mars’ core, finding it to be much smaller than previously thought.
Research paper: Khan et al.
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