I simply can’t imagine why they’d come up with that particular name.
Spiders on #Mars? Erosion-carved troughs may be infant versions of larger features known as Martian “spiders”. Info: https://t.co/eoirKZvepG pic.twitter.com/VwUSueL7if
— NASA (@NASA) December 20, 2016
No, wait, I can:
(everything goes over Gator’s head and he stars blankly at Moe, inviting him to explain further) …What?!
Mayhaps this should explain everything:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_Ziggy_Stardust_and_the_Spiders_from_Mars