Cost Effective Planet X-ray Developed: Deep Planetary Scan Examines Martian Core

Cost Effective Planet X-ray Developed: Deep Planetary Scan Examines Martian Core
A photo of Mars taken on March 10, 1997. Nasa/Getty Images
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Scientists from the Australian National University (ANU) have developed a new and cost-effective deep scanning technique that can provide a window into the interior of the planets in Earth’s solar system.

The new approach uses only one on-planet instrument and has provided ANU seismologists with a scan of the Red Planet’s interior, including its core. Dynamo theory suggests that the core generates and sustains a planet’s electromagnetic field—what shields the creatures on a planet from cosmic radiation.
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