Donut-shaped rock on Mars has space fans convinced there’s life on Red Planet.The mysterious rock has been seen by the Perseverance rover and scientists think it could be a meteorite.A NASA rover on the surface of Mars has spotted a donut shaped rock, that has got cheeky space fans thinking there must be life on The Red Planet.Planetary scientists believe the rock spied by Perseverance could be the remnants of a large meteorite that smashed into Mars eons ago, reports The Daily Express US.The rover is currently searching for signs of “ancient microbial life” so we can understand if our near-neighbour was once habitable, and will be giving the “donut” a closer look.It is equipped with a special drill to obtain rock and soil samples from the surface which will be stored in sealed tubes and retrieved by a later mission to the planet. The tubes will then be sent back to Earth for forensic testing in NASA labs. Posting on Twitter, the SETI Institute said: “NASA Persevere took a picture using the SuperCam Remote Micro Imager on 23 June 2023 of a donut-shaped rock off in the distance, which could be a large meteorite alongside smaller pieces.Speaking to CNN, assistant research scientist Jim Rice at Arizona State University’s School of Earth and Space Exploration said, he couldn’t say with 100% certainty it’s not a meteorite, but added that the hypothesis was highly unlikely. Thank you for watching.
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