side by side images show a picture of Mars and an artist's impression of the Insight Lander picking up seismic signals on Mars.
NASA's Insight lander sent back data from Mars that shows the planet is slowly accelerating, making its days fractionally shorter every year.
  • Measurements from NASAs' InSight Mars Lander have uncovered a new Martian mystery. 
  • The red planet seems to be spinning faster, making its days a little shorter every year.
  • Scientists don't know why this may be happening but suspect it has to do with ancient ice

Our days on Earth may be getting longer, but on Mars, they are mysteriously getting shorter.