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Mars Jellyfish Mystery Triggers Online Theories, Likely a Glitch

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Mars Jellyfish Mystery Triggers Online Theories, Likely a Glitch
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A jellyfish-shaped anomaly seen in a 2023 Curiosity rover image of Gale Crater sparked wild theories about aliens, but NASA says it’s probably a camera artifact caused by cosmic rays and image processing; the feature appears and disappears quickly, and NASA has not issued an official explanation.

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