NASA explains mysterious lights on Mars

After the release of a photo of a strange light streak on Mars, raising the possibility of intelligent life on the planet, NASA has offered some explanations for the mysterious light streak captured by the agency's rover.

According to previously reported information, on April 3, the Mars exploration robot named Curiosity took a photo with the right camera, which showed a streak of light emitting from the surface of the red planet.

Mysterious bright spot discovered on Mars. (Source: NASA)

However, NASA has poured cold water on the hopes of those who believe in the existence of alien life here.

“It’s possible that the light is just a reflection of sunlight off a rock on the surface of Mars,” NASA imaging scientist Justin Maki told the Houston Chronicle. “When these images were taken, the sun was in the same direction as the bright spot to the west-northwest of the rover, and it was quite low in the sky.”

In a statement on Space.com, Maki also raised another possibility, which is that the light captured was due to sunlight affecting Curiosity's camera.

“The rover team is also considering the possibility that the streaks are caused by sunlight directly hitting the charge-coupled device (CCD) through a vent in the camera housing. This has happened before with other cameras on Curiosity and other Mars rovers, when sunlight hits the camera at a right angle.

NASA's exploration robot. (Source: rt.com)

Ultimately, Maki suggests that the streak is simply due to cosmic rays, a possibility previously raised by Doug Ellison of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, who also pointed out that images taken at the same time by Curiosity's left camera did not capture the streak.

Before NASA came up with these theories, UFO bloggers had suggested that the lights were man-made, and a sign of something more than a reflection of light. Scott Waring, one of the bloggers, believed that the lights were created by an intelligent life form on the planet.

Curiosity has now reached its next destination, an area of ​​four intersecting rock layers called the Kimberly. The rover will dig through the area, collect samples, and analyze them for evidence of life on Mars.

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