The Curiosity rover has revealed many surprises on the surface of Mars , but its most recent one is of a totally different kind. It started like any other drilling attempt. On 25 April 2026, the rover plunged its rotary-percussive drill into a rock named Atacama, hoping to pulverize the material into powder that can then be examined in greater detail; so far, standard. However, when Curiosity extracted the drill, the entire 13-kilogram (28.6-pound) slab of rock just… came up with it. Oops. This