Mars has always been a center of attraction for scientists around the world. Researchers have been doing research for years to know the secrets of the red planet. Now, in the meantime, something has been seen on Mars that has surprised the scientists. NASA’s Perseverance Rover has seen a spider egg-like shape on the slope of Witch Hazel Hill of Jezero Crater. Scientists have not been able to understand what kind of eggs these are. NASA’s shocking discovery left everyone in shock.
However, on closer inspection, it has been found that these are strange stones. They look like clusters of spider eggs. There is a light layer of red sand on this stone, and it looks different from the surrounding objects. The team of the US space agency NASA has named it St. Paul Bay. However, its texture has made everyone think. NASA has said that it is a float rock; that is, it was not formed at the place where it is found. This means that this stone has come from somewhere else. But how and where it came from is still a mystery. This has confused scientists. Scientists said that this stone has come here from its original place. Its journey can reveal the geological story of Mars. Now the question is, was it formed by the collision of a meteorite?
NASA has speculated that a meteorite may have turned the rocks of Mars into steam, which, after cooling, turned into small particles in this way. If this is so, then this stone has reached here from a long distance from its place of formation, and this can tell us how meteorites carry material from one place to another on Mars. The second theory is that this stone must have reached here by rolling from Witch Hazel Hill. NASA’s rover has seen that there are some black layers on this hill. If St. Paul’s Bay has come from one of these layers, then this can give scientists information about what those layers are made of.
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Is it volcanic ash? Is it a mark of an old meteorite collision? Or was there ever groundwater at this place? If the chemical composition of this stone matches these layers, then new information can be found about the history of Mars. According to scientists, this stone has told the story of the changing form of Mars. Its structure and its journey reflect the complex play of water, rocks, and geological forces. The biggest question for scientists is whether there was ever life on Mars.
If there was ever groundwater on Witch Hazel Hill, then fossils of microorganisms can be found in the samples collected by NASA’s Perseverance rover. NASA’s Mars Sample Return Mission will bring these samples to Earth in the 2030s, where they will be studied in detail. Stones like St. Paul Bay are a gold mine for scientists. They help in understanding the history of Mars. This also explains why the Red Planet is like this.
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