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Ugnė Lazauskaitė

Successful Recreation Of Martian Spiders Sparks Scientific Frenzy

NASA scientists have finally managed to recreate the uncanny black “spiders” that are found on the surface of Mars and were originally identified in 2003, thanks to images captured from orbiters.

The new “breakthrough” comes in the form of a study published on September 11 in The Planetary Science Journal and could be key to uncovering the history of Mars and understanding how life could have survived there.

During the published experiments, scientists replicated the process they thought was happening and managed to recreate these “spiders.”

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