Curiosity Discovers Mysterious Pyramid Rock On The Red Planet (And NASA Names It Jake After Late Scientist)

The mysterious ‘pyramid’ rock on Mars Nasa engineers want to take a closer at. It will be the first test for Curiosity’s robot arm which contains several analysis instruments.

Looking uncannily like an Egyptian pyramid, it is not something you would expect to see on the surface of Mars.

Nasa engineers were so intrigued by the unique, football sized rock, they have driven the Curiosity rover up to it for a closer rock.

The football-size rock will be the first on Mars to be examined by rover’s robotic arm .... http://www.dailymail.co.uk