Like an interstellar rolling stone.

NASA scientists were baffled after uncovering a rock on Mars that didn’t belong there — with a composition pointing to potentially interstellar origins.

“This rock was identified as a target of interest,” the space agency wrote in a recent blog post detailing the potentially intergalactic gravelstone.

NASA’s Perseverance Rover, which has been exploring the Red Planet for five years now, stumbled across the geological anomaly while exploring the Vernodden area of the 28-mile-wide Jezero Crater , per the post.

Dubbed “Phippsaksla,” the rock measured around 31 inches wide.

And while finding a stone on Mars might not seem groundbreaking, this particular specimen stood out due to its “sculpted, high-standing appearance that differed from that of the

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