Data from the InSight lander shows the strange behavior of the planet Mars

NASA scientists analyzed data from the InSight Mars lander and found out something interesting about the red planet. Their studies show that the rotation speed of Mars has increased and since the presence of the lander, its day and night have become shorter.

Tecna Technology and Technology News Service report, NASA has announced in a statement the results of research by researchers from the Royal Observatory of Belgium and led by Sebastien Le Maistre. According to this organization, the analyzed data show that the length of the day and night on Mars has shortened by a fraction of a millisecond, and this indicates an increase in the rotation speed of Mars.

The instrument used in this research is called Rise, which was present in the InSight probe, and according to Le Maistre, this research is only looking for small changes of only a few tens of centimeters during a Martian year. According to this researcher, a lot of data will be needed to even observe this change.

Researchers first emitted radio signals from this lander to track Mars and its movements. Then the data of this signal was sent back to Earth with the help of the Rice instrument and thus the position of Mars was obtained. These data showed that the rotation of Mars has increased by 4 milliseconds of arc per year. The instrument has also helped scientists learn about the internal geology of Mars. For example, through it, the presence of a molten metal core inside this planet was detected, which was shaken by the rotation of Mars and caused it to vibrate.