NASA's orbiter spots strange faces on Mars; agency addresses pareidolia-caused confusion - Republic World

NASA says that pareidolia is the phenomenon that enables us to see recognizable shapes in objects or data that are otherwise not familiar to us.

The human mind has a tendency to recognise shapes that are familiar and are something we can relate to. Many individuals have the ability to spot different features in clouds, rocks and even celestia… [+1916 chars]

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