NASA has discovered a large hole on Mars, measuring 328 feet, which it speculates may serve as a “portal” to underground environments that could harbor alien life.
NASA has unearthed a mysterious 328-foot-wide hole on Mars which it believes could be a “portal” leading to an underground world of alien life. Releasing the image of the crater, captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2017, NASA said that such holes could extend to underground caves which could contain Martian life. The image was shared on April 13 as part of NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day.
In its explanation, NASA said, “What created this unusual hole in Mars? Actually, there are numerous holes pictured in this Swiss cheese-like landscape, with all-but-one of them showing a dusty, dark, Martian terrain beneath evaporating, light, carbon dioxide ice.”
“The most unusual hole is on the upper right, spans about 100 meters, and seems to punch through to a lower level. Why this hole exists and why it is surrounded by a circular crater remains a topic of speculation, although a leading hypothesis is that it was created by a meteor impact,” it added.