Marsquakes may help reveal whether liquid water exists underground on red planet
June 17, 2024
June 17, 2024
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 17 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news:
If liquid water exists today on Mars, it may be too deep underground to detect with traditional methods used on Earth. But listening to earthquakes that occur on Mars -- or marsquakes -- could offer a new tool in the search, according to a team led by Penn State scientists.
When quakes rumble and move through aquifers deep underground, they produce electromagnetic signals. . . .
If liquid water exists today on Mars, it may be too deep underground to detect with traditional methods used on Earth. But listening to earthquakes that occur on Mars -- or marsquakes -- could offer a new tool in the search, according to a team led by Penn State scientists.
When quakes rumble and move through aquifers deep underground, they produce electromagnetic signals. . . .