when other, simpler processes have not been ruled out."Īnother controversial photo, shown here, reveals much larger forms that look like spreading trees as seen from above. Their theory is that the dark spots are "the result of springtime defrosting process on Mars, not signs of biology." A somewhat less dismissive opinion from Bruce Jakosky, a Mars researcher at the University of Colorado in Boulder, states that the conclusion for Martian biology is "premature.
NASA and its associated research teams don't agree with this conclusion. The Hungarian scientists conclude that this strongly suggests the life cycle of some kind of plant life. This repeat action, the team asserts, strengthens their suggestion of fixed, biological causes of spot formation." Year after year, the dark dune spots 'renew' on the same place with almost the same configuration, or 'constellation' of patches. By early summer defrosting, the naked dark soil of the dune is visible, and surrounded by a lighter ring. By the middle of the first half of spring, these spots become darker, are bounded, and grow in size. "Each spring," writes David Leonard in an article for, " report, 'gray fuzzy spots' appear in the bottom of the ice cover. But NASA is decidedly un-curious about such anomalies. Weird, indeed.Īlthough it is unlikely that the objects are a spoon and hoverboard, they may warrant a closer look. The agency says it is just a "weird rock"-a ventifact-a rock shaped over time by the wind. NASA, of course, has dismissed the objects in the image as nothing more than pareidolia-a trick of light and shadow. The object on the left has been called "the spoon" because of the spoon-like shape on the end, and the other has been dubbed "the hoverboard" for its slight resemblance to the hoverboard featured in the Back to the Future films. This picture taken by the Mars rover shows two relatively thin objects that cast a definite shadow on the ground, making them look like they are suspended or floating. That, however, does not rule out the possibility that there was once life on Mars. Although there is no conclusive evidence, there are some tantalizing photos sent back from the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) and other probes that might raise some eyebrows.
But is there life on Mars? Despite the controversy surrounding Mars meteorites that some scientists think contain fossils of ancient Martian bacteria-like life forms, there is no conclusive evidence that life currently or ever existed on Mars. Although it is much smaller than Earth, Mars is the most Earth-like planet in our solar system with its many similar geological features, including polar ice caps and what appear to be ancient (but now dry) river beds. Since Ancient Man began tracking the unique red world across the night sky, we have always known there is something special about Mars.
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