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| bizarre pit in Mars’ southern hemisphere has left scientists baffled as to how it formed. The feature, which resembles the home of a fictional Star Wars beast that could swallow a person whole, may have been created from an impact with a rogue space rock – or, it could be the result of a collapse at the surface |
- New image from the HiRISE instrument reveals strange circular formation in Mars' southern hemisphere
- It also shows a look at the 'Swiss cheese terrain,' with shallow pits dotting the carbon dioxide ice
- Experts say the bizarre Martian pit could be either an impact crater or a South Polar collapse pit