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    Mars Curiosity rover discovers massive field of polygons

    August 26, 2026, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this close-up view, revealing the distinct honeycomb texture of these polygon fractures. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)
    NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this close-up view, revealing the distinct honeycomb texture of these polygon fractures. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)

    The surface of Mars is home to some of the most breathtaking and awe-inspiring landscapes in the solar system. This is primarily because the Red Planet lacks several resurfacing processes that Earth possesses, including plate tectonics, volcanism and flowing water.

    While Mars does have dust storms, these have done little to reshape the planet’s surface, which has remained largely undisturbed for billions of years. However, this near-pristine landscape has enabled scientists to look back in time while slowly piecing together what Mars was like long ago.

    Now, NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover recently beamed back images of a lands...

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