Mars' core is shown in detail by seismic waves passing it.

The size and density of Mars' heart are roughly identical to those of our moon. Or at least that is what the first sounds from a Marsquake and meteorite impact to cross the heart of the Red Planet reveal, according to research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on April 24. Researchers were able to improve their estimates of the core's size, density, and composition because to the penetrating reverberations. 

Seismologist Jessica Irving from the University of Bristol in England claims that "nobody has ever seen before a seismic wave going through [Mars'] core." "We waited more than 900 days for one quake on the farside," she claims. Then "a meteorite impact occurred 24 days later."

Irving and her colleagues discovered that Mars' heart has a radius of 1,780 to 1,810 kilometres and a density of roughly 6,200 kilogrammes per cubic metre after analysing the core-crossing seismicity from the two events. This radius is almost half of the combined radius of Earth's heart and is a little less than previously thought. Both planets' cores account for nearly half of their entire thickness.

Furthermore, the scientists deduced that the core of Mars is composed primarily of a liquid iron alloy, with sulphur making up roughly 15% of its bulk. Together, hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon make up around 5% of the total. The results largely agree with several earlier investigations into the compositions of Martian meteorites. 

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