NASA s InSight Mars Lander Recorded The Eerie Sound Of Meteor Crashing into Mars@TheCosmosNews

#thecosmosnews NASA shared the sound of a meteor falling to Mars, with photos of the impact craters, on Monday. The dwindling InSight lander has captured the acoustic and seismic noise of four meteor impacts. Listen to the surprising "bloop" of a space rock falling through Mars s atmosphere and crashing. Nobody had ever heard the sound of a meteor crashing into another planet until NASA s InSight lander recorded the seismic waves of a space rock striking Mars. On September 5, 2021, a rock hurtling through space crossed the red planet s path. The meteor screamed towards the planet s dusty orange surface, sending a shock wave through the atmosphere. Though it may have burned up from the friction and heat of plowing through Earth s atmosphere, the meteor survived the thin Martian air. It splintered into at least three pieces, which crashed into the planet s surface and made craters. The InSight lander s seismometer, designed to measure Mars quakes and dust devils, was sensitive enough to detect the acoustic impact of the shock wave hitting the ground as well as the seismic waves from the meteor s crash landing. NASA shared audio of the whole event on Monday. Take a listen below.