Chinese sighting of 'cube' on moon rouses speculation, inspires memes

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A photograph of a cube-like object captured by a Chinese rover on the far side of the moon has fanned speculation over what it could be and inspired a host of memes by Chinese internet users.

The Yutu-2 caught an image of what seems like a large cubic object on the horizon about 80 metres from its location, said Our Space, a Chinese government science website, citing the rover's last log on Dec. 3.

Under the hashtag "Yutu's latest discovery", a series of internet memes showed the rover rolling over the lunar plain towards a pair of obelisks, a tall monolith, and even a giant hammer and sickle - the symbol of the Communist Party."It's space junk left behind by the U.S.," one Chinese internet user wrote in a social media post."It's the home of aliens!" a third said in mock horror.

The robotic rover has been operating in the Von Karman Crater in the South Pole-Aitken Basin since its deployment in January 2019. The mission was a historic first, with no other nation having landed on the far side of the moon until then. With the moon tidally locked to Earth - rotating at the same speed as it orbits our planet - most of its "dark side" is never visible to those on Earth.Reporting by Ryan Woo and Liangping Gao; Editing by Lincoln Feast.Subscribe for our daily curated newsletter to receive the latest exclusive Reuters coverage delivered to your inbox.

 

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I think Santa 🎅 dropped some of the packages..

I just hope we will not be assimilated…

Tom_Fowdy China acquired 5G, 6G, hypersonic missile, quantum computing technology, and many more techs the US lacks from that alien hut! The Chinese threatened to throw the aliens in concentration camps, so the aliens got scared and granted them these technologies to dominate planet earth.

China will be getting a second rocket ready should this 'thing' proves 'interesting'.

Great

A Tetris block from the year 1995 gone amiss.

China builds a concentration camp on the moon. This would be the next western propaganda topic. 🤣🤣🤣

Anomalies inspire memes instead of a scientific approach. Better not mention the aliens.

Chandryaan

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mostly memes

Tom_Fowdy Who gives a FK?

Why isn't NASA explaining to the world? They have people and machines there for at least 6 times.

Shiba to moon

I knew I left that thing somewhere

One of two conclusions,, humans made it ,, or they didn’t 🤔

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