
They said there are linear fractures along this outcrop, and this is a place where several linear fractures happen to intersect," the website indicates from statements by NASA's JPL spokesperson. NASA's Perseverance rover will look for signs of past life in a region of Mars where the ancient environment is believed to have been favorable for microbial life. CNN In the foothills of a Martian mountain, NASA’s Curiosity rover found stunning new evidence of an ancient lake in the form of rocks etched with the ripples of waves and the telltale.
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"The team scientists stressed how small the crack is: about 30 centimeters across and 45 centimeters wide. "The agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) said it was actually a " very, very, very, very magnified shot of a small crack in a rock" stated the Snopes website statement. The site's specialists contacted NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for more information. The website Snope, which is in charge of verifying several facts that become viral or popular in the networks to determine if they are real or not, made its analysis about the peculiar "door". It is a natural movement called "shear fracture", which caused the rock to accumulate stress from seismic movements and eventually break. The experts assure that earthquakes are very common on the planet, and the last one recorded was on May 4, which could have caused the formation of the "door".

NASA scientists attributed the origin of the "extraterrestrial door", as some have called it, to the seismic movements that occur on the planet. Whats Up: June 2023 Skywatching Tips from NASA.
