According to this “news” article on “totally credible website” Space.com, the weird,
metallic object resembling a car door handle that the Curiosity rover photographed on Mars is actually just a “rock.” According to their “very plausible explanation,” “Hard, fine-grained rocks can be polished by the wind to form very smooth surfaces.” You hear that? Nothing to see here everyone—just a boring old, shiny, wind-polished space rock. Definitely not evidence of a highly-advanced Martian civilization poised to invade Earth at any moment. Just move it along, please …
