D'oh: NASA's Perseverance Rover Finds an Other Worldly Treat on Mars

[Polybius]

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Source: Yahoo! News

While roaming the Martian terrain, NASA’s Perseverance rover spotted an odd-shaped rock that may have traveled its way from space to land on the Red Planet.

Using its SuperCam Remote Micro-Imager, the Perseverance rover snapped a series of images on Friday that revealed a donut-shaped rock laying on the surface of Mars. The large rock has a hole in the middle and is surrounded by smaller fragments that may have broken off from it, sort of like a donut and its donut holes.

The donut rock may be a meteorite that landed on Mars, according to a tweet by the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute. It “could be a large meteorite alongside smaller pieces,” SETI researchers wrote.

Mars is often littered with space rocks as the planet is located next to the main asteroid belt of the Solar System, which contains millions of rocky objects. The atmosphere on Mars is only 1% as thick as Earth’s atmosphere, which means that space rocks can easily travel through the Martian atmosphere largely unscathed, landing in bigger pieces as opposed to disintegrating through Earth’s atmosphere.

Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/doh-nasas-perseverance-rover-finds-152500432.html

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[TeamProg]

1. K&R Thanks for posting. n/t

[lastlib]

2. Wait'll the UFO junkies get a look at that!

they'll have a field day, I'm sure.

[Polybius]

3. Can't really blame them

Have you ever seen a rock like that in the wild that was natural?

[Backseat Driver]

9. No, but I've seen pics/videos of what would have been a whole airplane zip inside a small hole

in the granite wall of the Pentagon with little trace that it did...if it's the truth.

[Polybius]

10. Possibly water did it

Could have happened millions of years ago.

[Mblaze]

12. Rocks with naturally made holes through them

Are everywhere and in many shapes.

[Polybius]

13. Sometimes from water and water too

Speculation is fun.

[Mblaze]

22. There are more things in heaven and Mars, Horatio

Than are dreamt of in our philosophy. 😀

[lastlib]

19. I have.

It was in a place where water had dripped on it for probly centuries, eroded a hole in it the size of a half-dollar. I brought it home, may still have it.

[AZ8theist]

21. You mean, like this?

[FredGarvin]

6. Could be a meterorite

Apparently the people at SETI are unsure of astrophysics.

[FredGarvin]

4. Apparently the people at SETI are not fully convinced

"The donut rock MAY be a meteorite that landed on Mars, according to a tweet by the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute. It “could be a large meteorite alongside smaller pieces,” SETI researchers wrote".

Either that or what?

Unfortunately, Erich Von Daniken was unavailable for comment.

[EYESORE 9001]

5. Won't even speculate yet

Sure is interesting, though.

[tonekat]

7. Obviously it's...

...a primitive attempt at a wheel.

[muriel_volestrangler]

14. B.C. was right all along - just the wrong planet

[mbusby]

8. A martian toilet?

[LudwigPastorius]

11. Mmmmm...Extraterrestrial Donut....

[Bucky]

15. It looks like a petrified 79 Pacer Hatchback

and yes, they were always from another

[James48]

16. Spare tire

Off the Flintstones car. Gotta be.

[Evolve Dammit]

17. some of the speculation here is hysterical

[Fresh Water Falling]

18. Lucifer's Handcuffs

From when he was on trial for mutiny.

[11 Bravo]

20. Trump's hemorrhoid cushion?

[Omaha Steve]

24. After a review by forum hosts, locking........

NOT important news of national interest only.

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