The Curiosity Rover has been on Mars for over 10 years and can easily be compared with the car we see around. The vehicle's role is to find any sign of life on the so-called "red planet", a dry place that is about 3.5 billion years old. This year, the rover found what looks like a skeleton of a prehistoric animal.
Of all these years, the record made in early 2023 marked as something totally historic and has been the greatest evidence to date. For science, this was a very important discovery – and it may even have been the reason for great emotions. The search for proof of life on Mars has been very limited, but these recent images have revived researchers' hearts.
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A rock with ripples was found, a strange kind of structure that the vehicle was able to find. They were pointed rocks found in the crater, having about 154 km in length. An astrobiologist named Nathalie A Cabrol reported that this is the most bizarre image she has seen in her 20 years of studying Mars.
In 20 years of studying Mars, that's the most bizarre rock I have ever seen. I cannot wait to have a microscopic image of this one…It is part of a Gigapan of Gale crater that you can see here: https://t.co/LxljtDHyIlpic.twitter.com/wHhn1ckqjL
— Natalie A. Cabrol (@shasta721) April 10, 2023
The internet gained several speculations about the case. Some say it looks like a structure from a prehistoric animal, others say it looks like a fish vertebrae. Following the humor, another user commented that he is happy that they found the fossil of a Martian dragon.
Scientists are happy with this information because it is extremely obvious to them. For example, speculation that it is a natural rock, shaped by Martian winds, has been completely dismissed. For the researchers, not even on Earth a natural rock could assume such a pointed shape – and that is exactly the reason for happiness.
For now, we are still waiting for the studies to find out what the structure found on Mars is about.
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