NASA Curiosity Captures Strange Spikes on Mars

NASA's rovers on Mars are still studying the geological formations of the Red Planet, therefore, Curiosity Rover captured strange spikes on Mars, medica agencies reported on Friday.

The rover spotted an ancient rock at Gale crater on Mars. The SETI Institute tweeted about the discovery last week: "The spikes are most likely the cemented fillings of ancient fractures in a sedimentary rock. The rest of the rock was made of softer material and was eroded away."

Experts believed that the massive rock was formed after a huge meteor hit the Red Planet's surface almost 3.7 billion years before when Mars had a different geological nature.

Curiosity is one of NASA's missions to discover the surface of the fourth planet in the Milky Way's galaxy solar system.

Previously, the Ingenuity helicopter still spots breathtaking landscapes of the Red Planet during its milestone flights. The tiny device captured photos of the debris and gears that helped NASA’s Perseverance Rover on Mars, CNN reported on Thursday.

The photos were taken on the first year anniversary of the Martian Helicopter’s first flight on the surface of the Red Planet.

It captured photos of the stripped parachute that was used during the rover’s landing and the cone-shaped back shell that protected the rover and its tiny companion Inguinity.

NASA official Ian Clark said: “Perseverance had the best-documented Mars landing in history, with cameras showing everything from parachute inflation to touchdown.”

“But Ingenuity’s images offer a different vantage point. If they either reinforce that our systems worked as we think they worked or provide even one dataset of engineering information we can use for Mars Sample Return planning, it will be amazing. And if not, the pictures are still phenomenal and inspiring.”