Upon closer inspection, scientists noticed that the substance had a different color and luster compared to its surroundings.Įventually, they theorized that it could be a piece of molten glass, which has solidified after it was created by a meteorite impact.įurthermore, the rover is also responsible for delivering what could be the world's most detailed images of the far side of the moon yet. And in the time it's been exploring the moon, it has found far more interesting things than an alleged alien house.Įarly on in its mission, the rover discovered what looks to be a gel-like substance in a crater. Yutu-2 is now the world's longest-lived lunar rover ever, having been on the surface since 2019. Read Also: NASA Artemis Moon Mission: 3 Reasons Why We Should Go Back To The Moon Mystery Moon Hut: Not The Only Interesting Thing Yutu-2 has Found Without the right perspective, it appeared much larger further out-perhaps even as big as the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, which is 164 feet tall.įor now, the Yutu-2 rover will keep exploring the 115-mile-wide Von Kármán Crater, a region it has explored since 2019. LWPZoWN05I- Andrew Jones December 3, 2021 Referred to as "神秘小屋" ("mystery house"), the next 2-3 lunar days will be spent getting closer to check it out. The two solar-powered spacecraft hibernate during the two-week-long lunar nights, when the.
Mystery house moon update#
We have an update from Yutu-2 on the lunar far side, including an image of a cubic shape on the northern horizon ~80m away from the rover in Von Kármán crater. Yutu 2 and Change 4 are currently in their 37th lunar day (each of which is around 29.5 Earth days). The only reason why it looked like a "hut" from afar is because of a lack of perspective in the original image.Īh. But once the closeup images of the rock were sent back, it turned out to be far smaller than initially thought. Since the rock itself had a weirdly flat top, even folks from the Chinese National Space Administration joked that it could be a house where aliens lived. Back then, it looked very much like a house erected on the lunar surface, which then sparked a wild barrage of conspiracy theories. Scientists on the Chang'e mission (which Yutu-2 is a part of) first spotted the rock in the rover's field of view back in December, according to LiveScience. Furthermore, the name is also similar to the English translation of the rover's name "Yutu", which also means jade rabbit. The jade rabbit name was given to the rock because up close, it doesn't look like a house at all: but rather, a bunny crouching down while looking at carrots. Source: /jpDLDS8TZu- Andrew Jones January 7, 2022
It's just a small rock on a crater rim that they're now calling "jade rabbit" for its appearance. Ourspace has published an update on the "mystery hut" and it's so underwhelming it's brilliant.
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