Dotting the surface of the Red Planet's southern pole is, apparently, a geological formation that looks just like the balloon-eyed, scarlet-maned science Muppet, Beaker. Astronomers at the ...

Beaker could use a win. Since his debut on The Muppet Show, the “meeping” assistant to Dr. Bunsen Honeydew has been the perpetual victim of every science experiment gone awry at Muppet Labs.

A new NASA photo of Mars shows a spot on the plant’s surface that looks to some people like Beaker, the scientist Muppet. It’s an “overdue honor for Earth’s most-abused Muppet,” says ...