Researchers found that Mars’ rotation is accelerating by about 4 milliarcseconds per year — making the length of a Martian day shorter by a fraction of a millisecond per year.

Mars spins a little more quickly each year, according to data collected by NASA’s now-retired InSight lander.

Radio data has also allowed planetary scientists to measure Mars' rotation rate and learn more about the world's over-sized, molten core.

Mars' rotation is speeding up, new data has revealed. A compilation of images captured by the Viking Orbiter 1 shows the 2000-mile Valles Marineris canyon system on Mars. NASA/JPL-Caltech ...

Mars is rotating more quickly than it used to, ... The instruments were used to track Mars’ rotation during the mission’s first 900 days on the planet. Advertisement ...

But on Mars, the cause of the speedup is a mystery. It is known that one of the Martian moons, Phobos, is gradually falling, and that indeed is speeding up the rotation of Mars — like a figure ...

Mars has lost immense amounts of water over it lifetime, and scientists aren't sure exactly how. New research hints that the ...

Mars is rotating more quickly than it used to, ... The instruments were used to track Mars’ rotation during the mission’s first 900 days on the planet. Advertisement ...

Mars has liquid guts and strange insides, InSight suggests Wobbles in its rotation are difficult to explain without a liquid core. Elizabeth Rayne – Jul 2, 2023 11:00 am | 73 ...

Mars is rotating more quickly than it used to, according to data that NASA’s InSight lander collected on the red planet. The now-retired InSight was armed with a suite of instruments, including ...

Mars is rotating more quickly than it used to, according to data that NASA’s InSight lander collected on the red planet. The now-retired InSight was armed with a suite of instruments, including ...

Mars is rotating more quickly than it used to, according to data that NASA’s InSight lander collected on the red planet. The now-retired InSight was armed with a suite of instruments, including ...