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NASA's Perseverance rover captured a rock on Mars that resembles a turtle, showcasing the planet's intriguing geological features and the phenomenon of pareidolia, where humans see familiar shapes in random objects.
NASA's Perseverance rover captured an image of a helmet-shaped, volcano-like rock on Mars, composed mainly of spherules, which has intrigued scientists as they analyze its formation and what it reveals about Martian geological history.
NASA's Curiosity rover discovered a coral-shaped rock on Mars that formed billions of years ago when liquid water existed on the planet, indicating Mars once had a wetter environment. The rock's unique shape results from natural mineral deposits and erosion, providing evidence of ancient water activity on Mars.
NASA's Curiosity rover discovered a coral-shaped rock on Mars that formed billions of years ago when the planet had water, providing evidence of past habitability. The rock's intricate branches are the result of mineral veins formed by water and erosion over time.
Scientists have discovered that steel slag from industrial waste can solidify into new rock within just 35 years, challenging traditional geological timelines and highlighting the rapid impact of human activity on Earth's geology, especially along coastlines where such waste alters natural processes and ecosystems.
Deep Sea Vision, a deep-sea exploration company, initially believed it had found Amelia Earhart's missing plane using sonar images, but later confirmed the images showed a natural rock formation. Earhart's disappearance in 1937 remains one of aviation's greatest mysteries, with various theories about her fate. Despite the setback, the company continues its search for the aircraft, having surveyed over 7,700 square miles of ocean floor.
A sonar image initially believed to show Amelia Earhart's plane was identified as a natural rock formation by Deep Sea Vision, a marine robotics firm. The image, taken near Howland Island, sparked excitement earlier this year but was later confirmed not to be Earhart's Lockheed 10-E Electra. Despite the setback, the company plans to continue searching for Earhart's crash site.
New research published in Nature Geoscience has uncovered a crucial process in the creation of unique lunar rocks, shedding light on their signature composition and presence on the Moon's surface. The study, led by scientists from the Universities of Bristol and Münster, used high-temperature experiments and isotopic analyses to identify a key reaction that occurred in the deep lunar interior billions of years ago, explaining the formation of high-Ti basalts. This discovery resolves a long-standing puzzle in lunar geology and provides insight into the intriguing history of volcanic lunar rocks.
NASA's Perseverance rover has captured an image of a donut-shaped rock on Mars using its Remote Microscopic Imager. Oddly-shaped rocks are common on Mars due to wind and dust storms, and this rock may have formed after smaller rocks eroded near its center. The rock, along with previous discoveries, suggests the presence of meteorite impacts on the Martian surface. Perseverance continues to explore the Jezero Crater, collecting samples that will be retrieved by the Mars Sample Return mission to study Mars' geological and environmental evolution and the possibility of past life.
The Mars rover Perseverance has captured an image of a mysterious doughnut-shaped rock on the planet's surface in the Jezero Crater. The rock, about 100 meters away, has not been examined or sampled by the rover, leaving its exact makeup and origins unknown. Scientists have hypothesized that it could be a meteorite or a rock transported by a river channel. Some suggest that the doughnut shape may have been created by erosion upon entering Mars' atmosphere. The rover team currently has no plans to investigate the rock further as it continues its mission in a different direction.