A photograph taken by NASA’s Opportunity rover on Mars in 2014 has recirculated on social media recently, prompting fresh claims that the rock formation it captures is an extraterrestrial artifact. Some online users and a self-described Martian researcher have identified the object as an “alien gun,” according to posts on X. NASA has repeatedly stated that no evidence of current or past life has been found on Mars. The Photograph and Initial Claims The image was acquired by Opportunity in 2014 at a location designated SOL 3773, between Mt. Edgecumbe and Wdowiak Ridge. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, on…

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