NASA’s Mars Science Lab, also known as the Curiosity rover, spotted this strange, dark object on the Martian surface. The rover’s Mast Camera (Mastcam) took this photo of the golf ball-sized meteor on October 30. Further inspection with Curiosity’s Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument revealed that the rock is an iron-nickel meteorite.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

www.space.com/34606-curiosity-rover-finds-weird-mars-meteorite.html

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