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A mysterious rock has appeared in front of a robotic rover on Mars - and Nasa has no idea how it got there.
The rock popped into existence in front of the six-wheeled rover Opportunity a few days ago, entirely out of the blue.
The "jelly doughnut-sized" rock, nicknamed "Pinnacle Island", is now resting in front of the rover, and scientists are trying to decide what to do.
"Mars keeps throwing new stuff at us!" said Mars Exploration Rover lead scientist Steve Squyres.
HardCorps
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A mysterious rock has appeared in front of a robotic rover on Mars - and Nasa has no idea how it got there.
The rock popped into existence in front of the six-wheeled rover Opportunity a few days ago, entirely out of the blue.
The "jelly doughnut-sized" rock, nicknamed "Pinnacle Island", is now resting in front of the rover, and scientists are trying to decide what to do.
"Mars keeps throwing new stuff at us!" said Mars Exploration Rover lead scientist Steve Squyres.
So far Nasa has two theories for how it appeared - either the rover flipped the rock over as it rolled forward, or it just landed there after a meteorite impact nearby.
Me... I think Martian teens are throwing rocks at our rover and it's only a matter of time before they jack the wheels and tag the solar panels... damn pesky Martians...
seriously, don't know what's going on be it seem to freaked out NASA enough to put out a press release?edit on 18-1-2014 by HardCorps because: (no reason given)