Pictures show biggest ever meteor impact on Mars BBC News
Space probes have witnessed a big impact crater being formed on Mars the largest in the Solar System ever caught in the act of excavation. A vansized object dug out a 150mwide bowl on the Red Planet, hurling debris up to 35km (19 miles) away. In more familiar terms, that s a crater roughly oneandahalf times the size of London s Trafalgar Square. Scientists detected the event using the seismometer on the US space agency s InSight lander. The probe picked up the ground vibrations. Please subscribe HERE , SolarSystem, Mars, BBCNews
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