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What NASA’s InSight lander has learned about Mars’ magnetism and quakes

Scientists release details on the probe’s first 10 months of findings about the Red Planet

NASA InSight lander selfie

NASA’s InSight lander took this selfie (actually 11 pictures stitched together) on December 6, just 10 days after touching down on Mars.

JPL-Caltech/NASA

By Christopher Crockett

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