"Earth's core does this but Mars' core does not - though it used to, billions of years ago. One of the most important ways a core can impact habitability is to generate a planetary dynamo," Irving said. "On planets and moons like Earth, there are silicate - rocky - outer layers and an iron-dominated metallic core. The core, for instance, is instrumental in generating Earth's magnetic field that shields the planet from harmful solar and cosmic particle radiation.
The nature of the core can play a role in governing whether a rocky planet or moon could harbor life.
The Martian core makes up a slightly smaller percentage of the planet's diameter than does Earth's core. The study also refined the size of the Martian core, finding it has a diameter of about 2,212-2,249 miles (3,560-3,620 km), approximately 12-31 miles (20-50 km) smaller than previously estimated. "The deepest regions of Earth and Mars have different compositions - likely a product both of the conditions and processes at work when the planets formed and of the material they are made from," said seismologist Jessica Irving of the University of Bristol in England, lead author of the study published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. That is about double the percentage of such elements in Earth's core, meaning the Martian core is considerably less dense than our planet's core - though more dense than a 2021 estimate based on a different type of data from the now-retired InSight. But about 20% of the Martian core is made up of elements lighter than iron - mostly sulfur, but also oxygen, carbon and a dash of hydrogen, the study found. It also provided the best assessment to date of the composition of the Martian core.īoth planets possess cores comprised primarily of liquid iron. The research, informed by the first detection of seismic waves traveling through the core of a planet other than Earth, showed that the innermost layer of Mars is slightly smaller and denser than previously known. When using a search engine such as Google, Bing or Yahoo check the safe search settings where you can exclude adult content sites from your search results Īsk your internet service provider if they offer additional filters īe responsible, know what your children are doing online.WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) - Mars is Earth's next-door neighbor in the solar system - two rocky worlds with differences down to their very core, literally.Ī new study based on seismic data obtained by NASA's robotic InSight lander is offering a fuller understanding of the Martian deep interior and fresh details about dissimilarities between Earth, the third planet from the sun, and Mars, the fourth. Use family filters of your operating systems and/or browsers
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