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NASA Discovers Unusual Terrain on Mars

Updated 2026-07-30 17:25 UTC 1 source Neutral

NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered a 'sea of polygons' in the Valle Grande valley on Mars. These honeycomb-shaped fractures, each about 1.5 to 3 inches wide, are an intriguing new feature for scientists studying Martian geology.

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The Verge
The latest discovery from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is a field of honeycomb-shaped polygons covering a Martian valley called Valle Grande. As Gizmodo reports, Curiosity has snapped pictures of the unusual terrain texture before, called polygonal fractures, each about 1.5 to 3 inches wide, but NASA
2026-07-30 17:20 UTC
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