Nasa baffled after spotting mystery ‘spaghetti-like’ object on surface of Mars – but scientists have an explanation
NASA scientists were left stumped after spotting a mystery 'spaghetti-like' object on the surface of Mars.
The squiggly piece of rubbish appeared in a photograph taken by the Perseverance rover.
One of the images had scientists stumped when an odd, seemingly unnatural piece of junk appeared in the frame.
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The picture was captured by the rover's , which is part of the bot's autonomous driving system.
The snapshot was voted the Perseverance rover's "Image of the Week" last week.
It's not the only time the bot has spotted something out of place on the planet next door.
Robots will do much of the advance work for preparing Mars for human arrivals and the intel Perseverance provides is critical.
Last week, the official Perseverance Twitter account shared a of a possible landing site for future missions to Mars.
The account personifies the rover in a fun and informative first-person style.
"I’ve been scoping out spots where Mars Sample Return spacecraft could set up operations – including the first launchpad on another planet," the caption read.
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Nasa maintains a webpage of the Perseverance rover's online.
Elon Musk believes humans will set foot on Mars in 2029 but admits the planet is a "".