A photo captured by NASA's Opportunity rover ten years ago is circulating online once more, with some claiming it depicts an extraterrestrial firearm. Although UFO enthusiasts insist the image is evidence of alien technology, researchers explain that the item is merely a rock shaped by nature. They point to pareidolia, a psychological phenomenon where the human brain perceives recognizable objects within random visual data, as the reason for the confusion.
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