NASA’s Rover Finds Mysterious Bright Object on Mars

After having found evidence of water on the surface of Mars, Nasa’s Curiosity rover has now provided another breakthrough for the space agency’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission.

The Curiosity rover has reportedly found a bright object buried in the Martian surface, after its first scoop of the planet’s soil on 7 October. Scientists remain very cautious, speculating it could be nothing more than a piece of the rover itself that had fallen off and refused to comment without a proper investigation.

“Team spotted bright object on ground near me-possibly a piece of rover hardware? Gathering more data [info],” Nasa tweeted on the official account of the Curiosity rover.

Scooping has been temporarily halted while the process of identification of the object and possible impact on the mission is completed.