Is this photographic evidence that we aren’t alone in the Universe? NASA has not yet confirmed what this is a picture of, and the YouTube video has already gone viral with over two million views and counting.
The owner of the video, YouTube user wowforreal, started investigating the shadow after receiving an online tip from another web user, Australia’s 9News reported. Wowforreal was also careful to post a link to an article that points out the photo could be explained in a number of ways, including as a trick of light.
The geometric lunar feature dubbed a ‘mystery hut’ has stumped scientists, who say they plan to take a closer look
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An intriguing cube-shaped object spotted on the far side of the moon has attracted the attention of scientists.
China’s Yutu 2 rover captured images of the mystery structure from around 260 feet away while navigating across the Von Kármán crater in the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the moon, reports Popular Science’s Margo Milanowski. Chinese scientists have already rerouted the rover to take a closer look, but it will take a few months for Yutu 2 to reach the bizarre lunar feature.
The rover’s images immediately sparked debate as to what the cube-shaped object was and inspired humorous guesses. “Was it a home built by aliens after the crash landing? Or is it the pioneer spacecraft of the predecessors to explore the moon?” writes Our Space.
Whatever the cube-shaped object is, we will have to wait another few months before getting an answer—until then, it’s fun to speculate on what the “mystery hut” could be.