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Mars' Liquid Core May Have Once Powered Only Half of its Magnetic Field

Although the magnetic field of Mars hasn't been in effect for billions of years, the evidence it left behind may suggest that the planet's core is entirely liquid. Magnetic imprints still exist on ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

The core of Mars looks like Earth’s. What makes the planets so different?

Mars is known for its barren desert landscape and dry climate. But two recent studies in the journals Nature and Science go beneath the surface,... The core of Mars looks like Earth’s. What makes the ...
Inverse

The Inner Core of Mars Is Even Weirder Than We Thought

2023 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) - Thibaut Roger - NCCR PlanetS - ETH Zurich. Scientists just took a better slice of Mars. Planet ...
Ars Technica

Mars hides a core of molten iron deep inside

If the explorers from Journey to the Center of the Earth were to journey to the center of Mars instead, they definitely wouldn’t come across the subterranean oceans or live dinosaurs they encountered ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Mars’ Core May Be Smaller Than Thought, Wrapped in a Sea of Molten Rock

Previous analyses of seismic activity on Mars suggested its core was surprisingly large, with a low density. Two new studies suggest the opposite. NASA, ESA and Z. Levay (STScI) The Red Planet’s core ...