'Thigh Bone' on Mars Is Just Another Rock, NASA Says
Saturday, August 23, 2014 - 09:30
in Astronomy & Space
A photo from NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars set the Internet abuzz this week with claims that the robot had found a "thigh bone" on the Red Planet. But not so fast. That so-called bone? Just a weathered Martian rock, NASA officials say.