NASA’s InSight Lander Captures Meteoroid Impacts on Mars
The meteoroid exploded into three pieces upon entering the atmosphere, leaving behind at least three craters, seen here highlighted in blue.Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of ArizonaNASA’s InSight Lander has recorded some exciting new data: The sounds of meteoroids impacting the surface of Mars. This is the first time that InSight has caught such an event, and the sound of a space rock slamming into the Red Planet is not quite what you’d expect.The InSight Lander has quite literally kept its ear to the ground since…