Illustration of Planet Mars with a water surface similar to Earth. The Red Planet was a wet world in the past. Photo: NASA Earth Observatory/Joshua Stevens
JAKARTA, kilat.com- Just like the case with Earth in Mars There are also frequent earthquakes and occasional rumblings. According to scientists, this is due to ongoing volcanic activity.
A new technique has successfully revealed previously undetected earthquakes beneath the Martian surface. There is a growing body of evidence showing Mars is not just an inanimate celestial body.
Beneath the dusty and barren surface, the inside Mars “ticking” indicating seismic activity.
“Knowing that Mars’ mantle is still active leads us to understand how Mars evolved as a planet,” said geophysicist Hrvoje Tkalči of the Australian National University in Australia.
“This could help us answer fundamental questions about the Solar System and the state of Mars’ core, mantle, and the evolution of its currently absent magnetic field.”
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Scientists believe that not much is happening on Mars. This planet has very little magnetic field.
Note that planets’ magnetic fields are usually generated inside planets by something called a rotating, convective, electrically conducting fluid dynamo that converts kinetic energy into magnetic energy. This energy spins a magnetic field out into space.
The lack of a magnetic field on Mars has shown a lack of activity. This is a big problem. While a magnetic field can mean the difference between life and death.
On Earth, magnetic fields protect us from cosmic radiation that might destroy life. On Mars, radiation levels are much higher, even though it is farther from the Sun.
“All life on Earth is possible because of Earth’s magnetic field and its ability to protect us from cosmic radiation. So without the magnetic field of life as we know it, this would not be possible,” said Tkalči.(fig).
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