Mars meteors hit deeper than expected. AI and NASA robot find marsquake over 1,000 miles from where it should be

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Here’s what the Marsquake discoveries reveal:

• Using AI and data from NASA’s InSight lander and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, scientists matched new impact craters with marsquakes
• They found meteor strikes can send seismic waves far deeper into Mars than previously thought.
• One impact created a crater over 1,000 miles from where InSight detected the quake
• Suggests the seismic energy traveled through Mars’s mantle rather than just the crust: a 'seismic highway' that allows quakes to reach distant regions.
• The AI-driven analysis sifted through thousands of images, identifying 123 fresh craters and linking 49 of them to marsquakes
• This process would have taken humans years to complete.
• Findings mean Mars sees more frequent and far-reaching seismic activity from meteoroid impacts than earlier estimates, providing new insights into the planet’s interior structure and geology.
• Discovery challenges previous models and will help refine future seismic studies, improving our understanding of how rocky planets like Mars and Earth are built from the inside out.