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NASA Scientists Find Mystery Holes on Mars’ Surface

The Daily Beast is neutral, while the Daily Mail uses dramatic language like "punched into" and emphasizes scientists' lack of knowledge.

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What happened NASA Scientists Find Mystery Holes on Mars’ Surface.
The headline split The left frames it as "NASA Scientists Find Mystery Holes on Mars’ Surface". The right frames it as "NASA discovers mysterious holes punched into the surface of Mars - and scientists have no...".
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Left / center-leftNASA Scientists Find Mystery Holes on Mars’ Surface

The Daily Beast · Center-left · News report

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Right / center-rightNASA discovers mysterious holes punched into the surface of Mars - and scientists have no idea what created them

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The Daily BeastNews report · Sep 10, 4:59 PM

NASA Scientists Find Mystery Holes on Mars’ Surface

NASA NASA has found a series of mystery holes on Mars. The Curiosity rover was traveling down the broad Valle Grande when it found the unusual divots in the surface of the red planet. Holes...

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Daily MailNews report · Sep 10, 5:36 PM

NASA discovers mysterious holes punched into the surface of Mars - and scientists have no idea what created them

discoverspunched intono idea what created them

NASA has discovered a series of mysterious holes punched into the surface of Mars.

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Sep 10, 4:59 PM: The Daily Beast joined the source map.

Sep 10, 5:36 PM: Daily Mail joined the source map.

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