The Opportunity rover currently exploring Mars picked up a donut-shaped rock that had not appeared in other images taken as recently as twelve Martian days (sols) before. 

The astrobiologist Dr. Rhawn Joseph has filed a lawsuit to compel NASA and its administrator, Charles Bolden, to take a closer look at the rock. 

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Image Credit: Mars Exploration Rover Mission, Cornell, JPL, NASA