The Economic Times

In 2016, 10,000 volunteers searched images of Mars for strange spider-like patterns; they found the formations in places where scientists hadn't seen them before

In 2016, nearly 10,000 volunteers worked together to analyze images of Mars, identifying intriguing spider-like formations. Collaborating with Zooniverse, NASA initiated the Planet Four project, leading to surprising discoveries of these formations in areas not previously studied. These results imply that erosion-driven processes might be widespread on Mars, highlighting the crucial role of citizen science in shaping the future of extraterrestrial exploration.