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Corals on Mars? NASA rover finds more remarkably weird rocks

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The Mars rovers have seen many interesting rocks during their travels. Often, the thin Martian winds sculpt them into various and sometimes bizarre shapes. NASA’s Curiosity rover found the latest examples in Gale crater. Recently, the rover came across a couple small rock formations that look a lot like fossilized coral. Curiosity took close-up images of the rocks on July 24, 2025. Of course, NASA isn’t saying that these are ancient coral, but the similarity is striking. NASA said in two posts (here and here) on August 4, 2025, that the rocks are similar to ones the rovers have seen previously, where the winds have sandblasted the rocks to produce the curious shapes. See for yourself here!