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NASA finally figures out what’s up with those “Mars spiders”

NASA finally figures out what’s up with those “Mars spiders”

Dark shapes pictured on the surface of Mars resembling spiders. Image credits: NASA / ESA. For years, satellites around Mars have been finding mysterious, spider-like geological structures. Mars spiders, scientifically known as araneiform terrain, are unique geological formations predominantly found in the southern hemisphere of Mars. They appear as branching, spider-like channels etched into the Martian surface, sometimes spanning over …

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