NASA photographed a bear on Mars

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA for its acronym in English), belonging to USA, revolutionized the space world after unveiling its unusual discovery on the surface of Mars. It is that the agency photographed a bear on the surface of said planet.

The image was captured thanks to the HiRise camera of the Mars probe Reconnaissance Orbiterwhile the usual tests were carried out in order to verify various objectives. This device orbits the red planet at a altitude of 251 kilometers per hour.

Thus, the American space agency blew up social networks when it shared the photograph. But given the thousands of comments that were generated in the publication, he had to clarify that what was located on Mars belongs to a natural rock formation: The eyes of the “bear” are two small-sized craters and the snout is a V-shaped hill.

NASA’s forays into Mars

The interest in these images lies not only in their visual curiosity, but also in what they can reveal about the geological history of Mars. This is not the first time that figures of this type have been found on that planet, giving rise to the phenomenon recognized as pareidoliawhere the human brain interprets patterns in abstract figures.

Leaving aside this bear, another sighting on Mars also confused NASA scientists weeks agowhen they came across a spaceship that was believed to be related to extraterrestrials.

However, despite speculation, the parties ultimately turned out to belong to the Ingenuitythe reconnaissance robot that operates on the red planet.

The agency is completely dedicated to learning more details about one of the most famous and closest planets to Earth. Landand currently carries out two missions with this purpose: the Rover Perseverance robot and the Ingenuity reconnaissance helicopter.

They discovered the oldest evidence of hot water on Mars

In an investigation, a group of scientists discovered the oldest and most certain evidence of hot water activity on Mars, which would indicate that the planet could have been habitable in the pastaccording to the study published in the journal Science.

“The hydrothermal systems They were essential for the development of life in the Land and our findings suggest that Mars also had water, a key ingredient for habitable environments,” he explained Aaron Cavosie at Curtin University, co-author of the research.

The authors managed to examine only a piece of the famous Martian meteorite Northwest Africa 7034 (NWA 7034), also recognized as Black Beautya rock from Morocco discovered in 2011 that was around almost 5 billion years.

The discovery of the presence of “footprints“geochemistry of water-rich fluids in the ancient rock, allowed us to understand the ancient hydrothermal systems of the red planet and their habitability capacity from the past.