After detecting over 1,Watch Playboy: Wet & Wild 3 (1991)300 Martian quakes, NASA's InSight lander will soon run out of power.
A thick layer of red dust has coated the landmark robot's solar panels, depriving the geologic sleuth of the power it needs to continue investigating Mars' interior. The space agency expects to shut down InSight's science mission, notably the use of its temblor-detecting seismometer, over the summer. By year's end, InSight's successful, nearly four-year mission will likely end.
"InSight is probably coming to the end of its scientific life pretty soon," Bruce Banerdt, InSight's principal investigator at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said at a press briefing on May 17.
A GIF NASA shared this week gives a vivid look at why InSight's power is diminishing. The first image is from December 2018. The second image, showing red dust on the two solar panels, is from InSight's final selfie, taken on April 24, 2022. By then, InSight had spent 1,211 Martian days, or sols, on the dusty desert planet.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.SEE ALSO: 'Monster' Mars quake shows the red planet isn't nearly dead
NASA's 'mole' tried to dig into Mars. It didn't go as planned.
Mars rover rumbles by crashed artifacts in the Martian desert
Compelling Mars photo shows Martian water flowed way more recently than we think
Just recently, the lander detected its largest quake yet, the strongest temblor ever detected on another planet. It was a magnitude 5 quake, something potent enough to be felt regionally on Earth, but a true "monster" for Mars. The seismic event underscored that Mars isn't nearly dead, geologically.
"Mars remains active, just not as active as Earth," Mark Panning, a planetary scientist and NASA's InSight lander project manager, told Mashable.
In addition to observing extraterrestrial marsquakes, the InSight lander also collected daily weather reports, detected the red planet's large, liquid core, and helped researchers map Mars' inner geology.
Elsewhere on Mars, NASA's nuclear-powered robotic rovers, Perseverance and Curiosity, continue to rumble over the red planet and sleuth out evidence of past microbial life — should any have ever existed.
Best speaker deal: Save $30 on the JBL Clip 5
“The Dreams,” a Poem by Karen Fish
The Origins of Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’
Killing Dirk’s
NYT Strands hints, answers for April 23
For True Silence, Try Ballooning in the Desert
Does Shakespeare Really Have “Universal Appeal”?
Escape! Our Fall Issue Is 100% Election
SpaceX lands its first rocket on West Coast ground: Watch
Something in the Blood, Part 2
Best portable power station deal: Save 44% on the Jackery Explorer 100 v2
Stephen King Says the Clowns Are Totally Nice, Okay?
When I Die, I Want to Remember Every Poem I Know by Heart
This Year’s #ReadEverywhere Contest Winners
LinkedIn launches ‘Zip,’ a brain
Have You Read “Schlump” Yet?
How Grief Led Me to the Museum of Wooden Sculptures
Staff Picks: Sophie Pinkham, Robyn Creswell, Kelly Reichardt
Earth sends Cassini a whole lot of love after the mission comes to a bittersweet end
Stephen King Says the Clowns Are Totally Nice, Okay?
Lazada sells double volume on Singles' Day compared to 2016Gal Gadot met Brooklynn Prince and we're so jealous of both of themFacebook adds donate 'button' to crisis hub to help disaster victimsNo, this isn't a real conversation between Bill Clinton and Tony BlairIs your iPhone X unresponsive in the cold? Apple is working on a fixGM unveils the latest and greatest Corvette, the 2019 ZR1Dunkin' Donuts will sell holiday cookie$80,000 baby sculpture leaves New Yorkers alarmed over a piece of artFacebook signs Bill Murray and his brother for original comedy seriesCan Amazon finally give us the 'Lord of the Rings' that Tolkien would have wanted?Can Amazon finally give us the 'Lord of the Rings' that Tolkien would have wanted?No one asked for it, but Salted Caramel Pepsi is hereMarc Maron on Louis C.K.: 'I'm disappointed in my friend'Sweat as a biometric could one day replace smartphone passwordsSony is giving a free month of PlayStation Plus to victims of natural disastersCrucial U.S. weather forecasting satellite launches WednesdaySweat as a biometric could one day replace smartphone passwordsBojack Horseman tweets LinJoe Biden chats to Oprah about running in 2020Sony is giving a free month of PlayStation Plus to victims of natural disasters Prepare for the most adorable cereal with iconic horror Funko figures Here's a list of everyone in 'Avengers: Infinity War' All the TV reboots currently in the works Tesla recalls 123,000 Model S vehicles Everything you didn't want to know about the condom Mario Kart Bumbles files Tinder's parent company lawsuit on patent infringement This story about an office lunch theft is so good, you must read it Researchers find galaxy that doesn't appear to have any dark matter Huawei MateBook X Pro is a MacBook Pro copy that's better than the original Apple adds Business Chat to iMessage to take on Facebook Talking to machines will be an even bigger deal than the iPhone, says Gary Vaynerchuk Snapchat trolls Facebook with a Russian bot filter. It's good. Watch dystopia in real time with this Sinclair local news broadcast Taylor Swift makes surprise appearance at cafe where was discovered Hero Sister Jean says God's a bigger fan of the NCAA than the NBA How to follow along as China's doomed space station falls to Earth Breach compromises Saks Fifth Avenue, Lord & Taylor customer card data Under Armour notifies app users of massive data breach The best fake websites and apps that TV shows have to offer
2.3346s , 10112.4453125 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【Watch Playboy: Wet & Wild 3 (1991)】,Exquisite Information Network