“SPAGHETTI” OR “NOODLES”: NASA FINDS A MARS OBJECT INTRIGUING

Noodle-like object spotted on Mars (Photo/NASA)

Mon 18 July 2022:

By sending stunning images from the red planet, NASA’s Perseverance rover has been important in the space agency’s quest to understand the surroundings and terrains of Mars. The cunning rover has just discovered a brand-new, incredibly fascinating piece of debris in the form of a “spaghetti” or “noodle.”

The image was taken on Tuesday by the rover’s front-facing hazard avoidance cameras. Sharing a photo, NASA stated that experts were unable to precisely identify the object.

“So far, we know that it comes from one of the rover’s front-facing hazard avoidance cameras that keep an eye on the landscape to protect the rover when it’s driving or using its robotic arm. But we don’t yet know what it is,” the space agency said.

The most plausible explanation for the uniquely shaped object is that it could be a piece of junk from NASA’s Mars mission, just like the previously spotted object. Last month also, NASA’s Perseverance rover took a rare photo of a shiny silver object wedged between two rocks on the floor of Mars’ Jezero Crater. The object was later discovered as a piece of the rover’s own junk.

“My team has spotted something unexpected: It’s a piece of a thermal blanket that they think may have come from my descent stage, the rocket-powered jet pack that set me down on landing day back in 2021,” Perseverance team members tweeted after the picture of the shiny object went viral.

In February of this year, the Mars Rover reached its one-year milestone on the planet, and the search for life is still ongoing.

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