InSight Observatory News

25 October 2023

Press, Research

InSight seismic data reveals a molten layer at the base of the Martian mantle

The analysis by the InSight mission science team of seismic data recorded on Mars following a meteorite impact that occurred in September 2021 drastic...

17 December 2022

Observatories, Press, Research

S1222a, the most powerful earthquake ever recorded on Mars!

As the activity of the InSight probe on Mars draws to a close, the data recorded over the last few months continues to provide new insights into the d...

30 October 2022

Press, Research

Two major meteorite impacts shed light on the interior of Mars

By studying seismic and orbital data from two major meteorite impacts in late 2021, the international teams of NASA's InSight and Mars Reconnaissance ...

29 July 2022

Press, Research

A French seismometer on board a forthcoming US lunar mission

CNES and the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP, Université Paris Cité/CNRS) have been selected to integrate a seismometer on NASA's next lu...

22 May 2022

General public, Observatories, Press, Research

First magnitude 5 earthquake "heard" on Mars

A "Marsquake" with an estimated magnitude of 5 shook the Red Planet on the night of 04/05/2022. The French SEIS instrument, deployed on the ground by ...

26 November 2021

Observatories, Press, Research

After 3 years on Mars, InSight has revealed the heart of the planet!

On November 26th, 2018, NASA's InSight mission landed on Mars. In the latest episode of the webseries "SEIS, a space adventure", scientists from the I...

26 July 2021

Observatories, Press, Research

InSight mission: Mars unveiled

Based on a dozen earthquakes detected on Mars by the SEIS broadband seismometer, developed in France, the international team of NASA's InSight mission...

26 June 2021

General public, Observatories, Press, Research

InSight regains energy after cleaning its solar panels

The SEIS experiment, part of NASA's Insight mission and operated and distributed by IPGP as part of the InSight National Observing Service (NOS), will...

10 January 2021

Observatories, Press, Research

NASA's InSight Mars mission extended by 2 years

NASA has extended the InSight Mars mission by two years, until December 2022, with substantial financial support from NASA and CNES for the French (SE...

21 February 2020

General public, Observatories, Press

InSight@Home: the Martian mission accessible to all

The InSight Education website, in partnership with IPGP and all the European partners of NASA's InSight mission, offers you the chance to follow the M...

14 February 2020

Observatories, Press, Research

Martian seismology begins to reveal the planet's structure

In a series of 6 articles published this Monday February 24 in Nature Geoscience and Nature Communication, the scientific team behind NASA's InSight m...

04 October 2019

General public, Observatories, Press, Research

InSight picks up strange sounds on Mars

Put your ear to the ground on Mars and you'll be rewarded with a veritable symphony. Sure, you'll need superhuman hearing, but NASA's InSight lander i...