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NASA rover spots bizarre donut shaped rock on Mars

Earlier this year, astronomers discovered a strange structure on Mars resembling a bear’s face

Newsroom June 28 09:52

NASA’s Perseverance rover has spotted a strange donut-shaped rock on Mars, which is likely a meteorite that crashed onto the Red Planet.

The bizarre big, dark stone, which has a hole in its center, was found surrounded by stones of similar hue by the rover’s remote-sensing camera.

“NASA Perseverance took a picture using the SuperCam Remote Micro-Imager on 23 June 2023 of a donut-shaped rock off in the distance, which could be a large meteorite alongside smaller pieces,” the California-based SETI institute tweeted on Monday.

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Such strange-looking rocks and formations have also been previously found on Mars by current and past rovers.

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Earlier this year, astronomers discovered a strange structure on Mars resembling a bear’s face.

The rock formation consisted of two craters that appeared to make up the eyes of the ”bear,” and a V-shaped collapsed hill for its snout.

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