CNN —An image captured by the Mars rover Perseverance shows a mysterious doughnut-shaped rock on the red planet’s surface.
Launched in July 2020, the Mars Perseverance rover continues to explore the planet’s 28-mile-wide (45-kilometer-wide) Jezero Crater for signs of ancient microbial life, according to NASA.
Another rock could have been embedded in the center of the doughnut-shaped rock before weather eroded it, leaving a cavity, he added.
The Mars doughnut isn’t the only pastry-shaped rock that has been found on the planet.
In 2014, NASA’s Opportunity rover spotted a small rock that’s white on the outside, with a red interior — like a jelly doughnut, Lee said.
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