The world’s deepest sensors will detect earthquakes around the world from far below Antarctica

On the surface, Antarctica’s vast ice sheet appears still and unchanging. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), collaborating with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole, has installed the ...
Astronomy

Mars could have oceans’ worth of liquid water buried in its crust

Deep beneath the surface of Mars lies a large reservoir of liquid water, according to seismometer data from NASA’s retired InSight lander. The findings, published Aug. 12 in Proceedings of the ...
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Ocean-bottom sensors could add up to 40 seconds to NW quake alerts

When the Cascadia Subduction Zone finally ruptures, the shaking will start beneath the ocean floor, roughly 50 to 80 miles ...
Astronomy

Now we can track space junk as it falls to Earth

Seismometers — equipment designed to pinpoint earthquakes — are now being used to track the thousands of pieces of human-made objects abandoned in Earth’s orbit. Some of those items pose a risk to ...
SpaceNews

Mini-‘Marsquakes’ Measured By InSight Lander Show The Effects Of The Sun And Wind

Compared with our own planet Earth, Mars might seem like a “dead” planet, but even there, the wind blows and the ground moves. On Earth, we study the ambient seismic noise rippling mainly due to ocean ...