A mysterious square object has been discovered on the surface of Mars, prompting SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to take action and investigate.For years, Tesla and X owner Elon Musk has been vocal about his mission to make humanity a multiplanetary species, placing it at the center of his technological ambitions.He founded his aerospace company SpaceX in 2002 with the vision of developing commercial spaceflights and ultimately establishing a human colony on Mars within his lifetime.Since then, he has launched more than 100 rockets into orbit—though several have met an explosive fate mid-air.So, it’s no surprise that when Musk recently learned about a mysterious geometric shape spotted on Mars, he expressed his desire to investigate.
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Elon Musk told Joe Rogan he wanted to find out more about the bizarre shape on Mars
The photo of the unusual shape first began circulating on Reddit, according to Twitter user Chris Ramsay.Sharing two versions of the image on the platform, he wrote: “Photo of a square structure on Mars posted to Reddit. It is indeed real.“This image comes from the Mars Global Surveyor’s Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC).“The original image can be viewed through Arizona State University’s Mars Image Explorer.”While the images shared by the account appear to have been edited to emphasize the square-like shape, it still managed to capture the attention of many online, including podcaster Joe Rogan.Rogan reshared the post on Twitter, writing: “This is f***ing WILD.”It was at this point that the image caught Musk’s attention, who soon after replied to Rogan’s post: “We should send astronauts to Mars to investigate!”The shape is estimated to be 3 km (1.8 miles) wide and was first spotted by NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor’s Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC), according to Arizona State University’s Mars Image Explorer.
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The images have sparked a wave of speculation about the origins of the angular shape, including the inevitable suggestion: aliens.One Twitter user commented: “Humans invented squares. Before we were there, they didn’t exist, as it was literally impossible for a square to form without human interaction. Aliens.”Another added: “Not to get ahead of myself, but I’m salivating at the idea it’s similar to the base of the Pyramids in Giza.”However, others were more skeptical, with one explaining that such shapes can occur naturally. They wrote: “Natural geological fracturing can create right angles like that. It’s not surprising to search an entire planet and find one or two. What would be amazing is finding so many that it approaches a statistical impossibility.”
