Weird but True: 09/20/24
NASA ’s Mars Perseverance Rover discovered a strange black-and-white rock unlike anything seen on Mars before, stunning both scientists and the internet.Team members spotted the rock in the distance “with hints of an unusual texture” in low-resolution images while driving across “unremarkable pebbly terrain.” Upon closer inspection, they measured the the striated stone at approximately 20 centimeters across, and dubbed it “Freya Castle.
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NASA’s statement continued, “This possibility has us excited, and we hope that as we continue to drive uphill, Perseverance will encounter an outcrop of this new rock type so that more detailed measurements can be acquired.”Mars was a volcanically active planet for millions of years, which could have created the environment in which this rock could form.
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