Seismology has been ubiquitous on Earth for decades, and missions such as InSight have recently provided the same data for the inside of Mars. Understanding a planet's inner workings is key to understanding its geology and climate.
However, the inner workings of Venus, arguably our closest sister planet, have remained a mystery. The sulfuric acid cloud and scorchingprobably don't help. But Siddharth Krishnamoorthy from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Daniel Bowman of Sandia National Laboratory think they have a solution—use seismometers hanging from balloons.
most like the environment on Earth hence why there have been plenty of ideas to form"cloud cities" on Venus. The work is published in the journalIt's unnecessary to build an entire city simply to host some sensors collecting infrasound data, so a high-altitude balloon would serve the purpose nicely. That solves one of the most difficult challenges of exploring Venus—developing materials that can survive on its surface.
Using this experiment as a template, researchers could develop a similar system for use on Venus, with the associated changes necessary for that particular planet's environment. Also, it was much farther away than previous experiments done with infrasound seimometers, and much closer to the actual distance any such sensor would be in from the epicenter of a venusquake.
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