Why is one half of Mars so different to the other? ‘Marsquakes’ may have just revealed the answer
- Written by Hrvoje Tkalčić, Professor, Head of Geophysics, Director of Warramunga Array, Australian National University
A map showing the 'Martian dichotomy': the southern highlands are in yellows and oranges, the northern lowlands in blues and greens.NASA / JPL / USGSMars is home to perhaps the greatest mystery of the Solar System: the so-called Martian dichotomy, which has baffled scientists since it was discovered in the 1970s.
The southern highlands of Mars...





