The new study includes this NASA Curiosity Mars rover panorama of boxwork formations — the low ridges seen here with hollows in between them — taken using its Mastcam on Sept. 26, 2025. (NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS via SWNS)
The new study includes this image of bumpy nodules formed by minerals left behind as groundwater was drying out on Mars billions of years ago. (NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS via SWNS)
The new study includes this image of bumpy nodules formed by minerals left behind as groundwater was drying out on Mars billions of years ago. (NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS via SWNS)
The new study includes this NASA Curiosity Mars rover panorama of boxwork formations — the low ridges seen here with hollows in between them — taken using its Mastcam on Sept. 26, 2025. (NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS via SWNS)
By Dean Murray
Maybe David Bowie was right with his spiders from Mars?
The new study includes this image of bumpy nodules formed by minerals left behind as groundwater was drying out on Mars billions of years ago. (NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS via SWNS)
The new study includes this image of bumpy nodules formed by minerals left behind as groundwater was drying out on Mars billions of years ago. (NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS via SWNS)
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