Not everyone is going to find squid – even baby squid – all that cute. So for those of you who need a different piece of adorable news, I present an adorable rover. You can get a high-resolution version of this image on our website.

Yesterday, China released the first photos taken by its Zhurong Mars Rover from the surface of Mars. This group photo was taken from a small camera dropped by the rover ten meters from the landing site – the robot equivalent of setting your phone down on a bench to take a picture with a friend. This image shows the rover and, in the background, the landing platform. The rover was delivered on top of the lander and rolled off of the ramp you can just make out on the edge of the image. The rover itself looks remarkably insect-like, with two camera eyes and large curved solar panels that remind me of butterfly wings. The gold of the rover’s body stands out to the red rocks of the Martian surface.

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Flurry of photos capture China’s Zhurong rover on surface of Mars (Nature)