"Mystery House" seen on moon by China's Yutu-2 rover turns out to be boring lump of rock

Boign Boing ^ | 8:36 AM FRI JAN 7, 2022 | ROB BESCHIZZA

[BenLurkin]

Last month, China's Yutu-2 rover sent home a striking image appearing to show—albeit very blurrily—a cube-shaped object off in the distance. Dubbed the "mystery house" by Chinese media (blissfully disinterested in how this would set off Western conspiracists, magonians and ironists) the object was tagged for closer inspection. Yutu-2 has now gotten closer, and, well, alas, sadly no.

[Sarcazmo]

What? T....F ??? I thought it was Garlic bread?

[broken_clock]

[BradyLS]

Clearly a lunar rock bunny.

[tet68]

Sure, that’s what they want us to think!!!
Probably a intergalactic
Dairy Queen.

[Craftmore]

or so they woukd have you believe,,,,

[SkyDancer]

A pile of garlic bread or a dead tuna.

[Magnum44]

You never know what you might find on the dark side of the moon, Charlie Brown....

[gundog]

[Lmo56]

img src= “https://i0.wp.com/weeklyworldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/mcmoon-midstory.jpg?ssl=1“

[BiteYourSelf]

Yup, higher resolution shows a very uninteresting Rock.😁

[blueplum]

CNET has a kid-friendly writeup:

“...But that’s not all. It gets cuter. The rock’s huddled shape has now earned it the nickname “jade rabbit” because it looks a bit like a bunny crouching down with a couple of carrots in front of it. There are some dainty round pieces behind the rock’s “rump” that look like bunny poop, which just adds to the fun....

The Yutu-2 rover’s name translates to Jade Rabbit, so it’s like the rover found its own mascot on the moon.”
https://www.cnet.com/news/mystery-hut-spotted-by-chinas-moon-rover-gets-an-explanation/

[PIF]