The mysterious hut appears to be a cube-shaped protuberance above the horizon of the lunar surface. The image is from Our Space.
China's Yutu 2 rover spotted a strange hut on the far side of the moon.
As the rover made its way across the Von Krmn crater, it recorded a blurry image of a cube-shaped object. The "mysterious hut" was spotted by the rover around 260 feet away, according to the China National Space Administration outreach program Our Space.
Our Space researchers wrote that there was a small impact crater next to the landscape and that it was strange.
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Those expecting an alien encounter with one of the monoliths from "2001: A Space Odyssey" will be disappointed. The most likely explanation is that the object is a large boulder from the moon's surface that was lifted by an impact event.
The scientists don't know for certain until the rover crosses the gap and gets a closer look. The journey will take Yutu 2 across rocky terrain and through two to three lunar days and nights, with the rover shutting down when the sun is overhead to avoid overheating and when there is no light.
The Chang'e 4 lunar lander launched the rover after it successfully completed the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon. The rover has been exploring the far side of the moon for 37 lunar days. Scientists think that a substance on the moon's surface is lunar rock melted into glass by the energy of an asteroid impact.
Chang'e 4 is China's fourth mission to the moon and the second to land a rover on the lunar surface. China is currently building a space station that will be finished by the end of the year, as well as landing its rover on Mars this year. China will establish a lunar research station on the moon's south pole by 2029.
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