The Red Planet has a larger core and a thinner crust

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 24, 2021

Mars' surface is known in great detail through exploration using orbiting spacecraft. But until now its interior structure could only be derived indirectly or simulated using computational models. With the participation of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR), NASA's InSight mission has provided surprising new discoveries. The core of our planetary n