NASA’s Curiosity rover captured a bizarre “tripod” on Mars that looks straight out of a sci-fi movie. The strange object appears in just one frame, suggesting it was most likely a camera artifact caused by a high-energy particle rather than something actually standing on Mars. NASA’s Curiosity rover captured a bizarre object on Mars that looks remarkably like a tiny version of the alien war machines from H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds. The image, taken in Gale Crater, recently went viral on social media, prompting plent... [1953 chars]