David Bowie was 権利 - there are spiders on 火星! European Space 機関's 宇宙船s snap mysterious arachnid 形態／調整s on the Red 惑星?

  • Although not actual spiders, 'araneiforms' are dark 割れ目s in the Martian 国／地域
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David Bowie?famously christened his 支援 禁止（する）d 'The Spiders from 火星' in the 早期に 1970s.

But the 激しく揺する legend surely had no idea that this 述べるs a real 現象 on our 隣人ing red 惑星.?

Although not actual spiders, 'araneiforms' are dark 割れ目s in the Martian 国／地域, 完全に?different to anything on Earth.?

Clustered around 火星' south 政治家, they're known as 'spiders from 火星' because they have a 独特の?arachnid-like 形態／調整.??

New images from two European Space 機関 調査（する）s ? the?火星 表明する and the?Trace Gas Orbiter ? show the curious 形式s in incredible 詳細（に述べる）.?

In this new Mars Express image, small, dark features known as ‘spiders’ can be seen on the surface. These form as carbon dioxide gas warms up in sunlight and breaks through slabs of overlying ice

In this new 火星 表明する image, small, dark features known as 'spiders' can be seen on the surface. These form as 炭酸ガス gas warms up in sunlight and breaks through 厚板s of 極端にing ice

A slice of the Martian surface is shown here, captured by?ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter. A rounded segment of an eroded crater basin is visible to the right. Note the numerous dark spots with tendrils that are eerily reminiscent of spiders. These are visible in large numbers to the left, and scattered irregularly across the rest of the image

A slice of the Martian surface is shown here, 逮捕（する）d by?ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter. A 一連の会議、交渉／完成するd segment of an eroded 噴火口，クレーター 水盤／入り江 is 明白な to the 権利. 公式文書，認める the 非常に／多数の dark 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs with tendrils that are eerily reminiscent of spiders. These are 明白な in large numbers to the left, and scattered irregularly across the 残り／休憩（する） of the image

What are the 'spiders' on 火星?

Araneiforms, more colloquially coined 'spiders', are strange features that are carved in the Martian regolith within the south polar 地域s.?

They have been 提案するd to form in spring, when sunlight passes through and heats a seasonal 層 of CO2 ice.

This heat 原因（となる）s gas to build up beneath it and shoot up through 割れ目s in the ice before 落ちるing 支援する 負かす／撃墜する and settling on the surface.

Because the 現れるing gas is laden with dark dust, it leaves dark 示すs that have been に例えるd to spiders.

Such a 過程 doesn't occur on Earth.

Source: ESA/McKeown et al

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The 科学の 指名する for these features ? 'araneiforms' ? literally means '形態／調整d like a spider' in?Latin.?

They form when spring 日光 落ちるs on 層s of frozen 炭酸ガス (CO2) on the 惑星's surface.?

The sunlight 原因（となる）s CO2 ice at the 底（に届く） of the solid 層 to turn into gas, which subsequently builds up and bursts 上向きs through 厚板s of 極端にing ice.?

The 現れるing jets of gas, laden with dark dust, 粉々にするs through 層s of ice up to three feet (one metre) 厚い?before 落ちるing 支援する 負かす／撃墜する and settling on the surface.?

This creates characteristic 'spider-形態／調整d' dark 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs of between 150 feet and 3,000 feet across that can be seen in space 調査（する） images.?

'The 炭酸ガス jet 過程 that forms 'spiders' is a 完全に un-Earthly 現象,' said Dr Meg Schwamb, 天文学者 at Queen's University Belfast.

'The jet 過程 is linked to the Martian seasons and is returning 炭酸ガス to the atmosphere.'?

'By 熟考する／考慮するing these spiders and jets we're learning more about how 火星 異なるs from Earth.'?

によれば Dr Schwamb, the only other 団体／死体 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑うd of having these jets is Neptune's moon Triton, which is?known to be geologically active.?

David Bowie played with his backing band the Spiders from Mars during the Ziggy Stardust era (1972). The singer recruited the band but named them after a line in his song 'Ziggy Stardust'

David Bowie played with his 支援 禁止（する）d the Spiders from 火星 during the Ziggy Stardust 時代 (1972). The singer 新採用するd the 禁止（する）d but 指名するd them after a line in his song 'Ziggy Stardust'

Mars is the fourth planet from the sun, with a 'near-dead' dusty, cold, desert world with a very thin atmosphere. This image of the planet was acquired using the Visual Monitoring Camera (VMC) on ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, November 10, 2023

火星 is the fourth 惑星 from the sun, with a '近づく-dead' dusty, 冷淡な, 砂漠 world with a very thin atmosphere. This image of the 惑星 was acquired using the Visual 監視するing Camera (VMC) on ESA's 火星 表明する 宇宙船, November 10, 2023

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Araneiforms were first 観察するd more than 20 years ago, but it was only in?2021 that 天文学者s 証明するd how 正確に／まさに they form.

The 研究員s at Trinity College Dublin recreated the Martian 過程 in the lab by lowering and 解除するing 封鎖するs of frozen CO2 の上に beds of gravel.?

実験s showed that the spider patterns are carved by the direct 転換 of 乾燥した，日照りの ice from solid to gas, known as 'sublimation'.??

Such a 過程 occurs on 火星 because the 惑星 has an atmosphere 構成するd mostly of CO2 ? around 95 per cent.?

On Earth, 一方／合間, only about 0.04 per cent of the atmosphere is CO2; instead the 大多数 is made up of 窒素 (78 per cent) and oxygen (20 per cent).?

によれば the ESA, araneiforms are 特に clustered at the 郊外s of a part of 火星 愛称d Inca City.?

More 正式に known as Angustus Labyrinthus, Inca City was discovered in 1972 by 航空宇宙局's 水夫 9 調査（する） ? the same year Bowie and the Spiders from 火星 解放（する）d their 目印 album.?

Mars is shown here in tones of brown and tan. To the left, two key features can be seen - a raised network of linear, grid-like ridges and walls k nown as Inca City, and a scattering of dark spots that indicate the presence of features known as ‘spiders'

火星 is shown here in トンs of brown and tan. To the left, two 重要な features can be seen - a raised 網状組織 of linear, grid-like 山の尾根s and 塀で囲むs known as Inca City, and a scattering of dark 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs that 示す the presence of features known as 'spiders'

David Bowie performs with The Spiders From Mars on the first night of the Ziggy Stardust Tour at Borough Assembly Hall in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire on January 29, 1972. From left, Trevor Bolder, David Bowie, Mick 'Woody' Woodmansey and Mick Ronson

David Bowie 成し遂げるs with The Spiders From 火星 on the first night of the Ziggy Stardust 小旅行する at Borough 議会 Hall in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire on January 29, 1972. From left, Trevor Bolder, David Bowie, Mick 'Woody' Woodmansey and Mick Ronson

Bowie 新採用するd the 禁止（する）d but gave them a new 指名する, taken from a line in his song 'Ziggy Stardust' which features on the album.?

As?araneiforms were not known about 50 years ago, Bowie 現実に took inspiration from another source ??a UFO sighting in October 1954.?

An Italian stadium （人が）群がる thought they had 証言，証人／目撃するd Martian 宇宙船 that cast off a thin filament 構成要素 ? hypothesised to be webs from migrating spiders.?

一方／合間, 肩書を与える of one of Bowie's most famous 攻撃する，衝突するs ? 'Life on 火星' from 1971 ? was 恐らく 奮起させるd by?激しい マスコミ ニュース報道 of the race to reach the 惑星 between the US and the Soviet Union.?

As for whether there's life on 火星, scientists 一般に think the answer is likely no 大部分は because of its 欠如（する） of atmosphere and 氷点の 気温s.?

The 可能性 that there was life on 火星 is more 約束ing, as it's thought the 惑星 was once covered with a lush liquid ocean.?

STAR LIZARD: DINOSAUR WITH BONY FRILLS NAMED IN H ONOUR OF DAVID BOWIE?

An exuberant dinosaur with a parrot-like beak, bony frills, a 抱擁する horn on its nose and a '星／主役にする-like' skull was 指名するd in honour of British 激しく揺する musician David Bowie.

US palaeontologists gave the dinosaur genus the 指名する Stellasaurus, meaning '星／主役にする lizard', based on a fossilised skull 設立する in Montana.?

During its 存在 across the barren American 地形 75 million years ago, Stellasaurus ancellae would have relied on its 素晴らしい horns to attract mates ? much like the promiscuous Bowie's loud outfits during his glam 段階.??

The genus 指名する Stellasaurus, or '星／主役にする lizard', is derived from 'stella', which is Latin for 星／主役にする, and 'saurus', which is Greek for lizard.?

'星／主役にする' was a reoccurring word in Bowie's career ? he created the alter-ego Ziggy Stardust, which 与える／捧げるd to his 抱擁する 人気 in the 1970s, and 指名するd his final album 'Blackstar', which was 解放（する）d two days before his death in 2016.

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