by NASA's Perseverance rover has spotted a funky "zebra rock" on Mars' Jezero crater that's nothing like any rock seen on the Red Planet before.
The rover captured images of the black-and-white striped rock earlier this month using a camera mounted high on its mast.
The rock, which scientists dubbed "Freya Castle," has a never-before-seen texture.
"Our knowledge of its chemical composition is limited, but early interpretations are that igneous and/or metamorphic processes could have created its stripes," NASA representatives wrote in the statement.
Igneous processes are those related to the crystallization of magma, while metamorphic processes are changes in the composition of rocks due to high heat and pressure.
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The rover captured images of the black-and-white striped rock earlier this month using a camera mounted high on its mast.
The rock, which scientists dubbed "Freya Castle," has a never-before-seen texture.
"Our knowledge of its chemical composition is limited, but early interpretations are that igneous and/or metamorphic processes could have created its stripes," NASA representatives wrote in the statement.
Igneous processes are those related to the crystallization of magma, while metamorphic processes are changes in the composition of rocks due to high heat and pressure.
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