This discoveries got legs… eight of them.
When NASA took a peek at what was happening on Mars, they noticed how erosion on the red planet carved troughs that “grow and branch” over time. These carvings may be the infant versions of Martian “spiders,” “which are radially patterned channels found only in the south polar region of Mars.”
On their website, NASA reported:
Researchers using NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) report the first detection of cumulative growth, from one Martian spring to another, of channels resulting from the same thawing-carbon-dioxide process believed to form the spider-like features.
The spiders range in size from tens to hundreds of yards (or meters). Multiple channels typically converge at a central pit, resembling the legs and body of a spider.
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