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Last month, a group of astronomers from the University of Arizona discovered what looked like the face of a bear on Mars. This isn’t the first time that people have found a face in the heavens, and it made the team at “Something Offbeat” wonder why we are always looking to the sky for meaning. So, we reached out to two experts: Dartmouth researcher Nathan H. Heller, who specializes in pareidolia – hearing or seeing a specific sound or image in a seemingly random visual or auditory stimulus – as well as well-known astrologer Jessica Lanyadoo, host of “Ghost of a Podcast”.

<p>Last month, a group of astronomers from the University of Arizona <a href="https://www.audacy.com/kywnewsradio/news/national/nasa-satellite-finds-a-bear-on-mars">discovered</a> what looked like the face of a bear on Mars. This isn’t the first time that people have found a face in the heavens, and it made the team at “<a href="https://www.audacy.com/podcasts/something-offbeat-141897">Something Offbeat</a>” wonder why we are always looking to the sky for meaning. So, we reached out to two experts: Dartmouth researcher <a href="https://pbs.dartmouth.edu/people/nathan-h-heller">Nathan H. Heller</a>, who specializes in <a href="https://www.artsandmindlab.org/pareidolia-research/">pareidolia</a> – hearing or seeing a specific sound or image in a seemingly random visual or auditory stimulus – as well as well-known astrologer <a href="https://www.lovelanyadoo.com/about">Jessica Lanyadoo</a>, host of “<a href="https://www.lovelanyadoo.com/ghost-of-a-podcast">Ghost of a Podcast</a>”.</p>

What’s the deeper story behind that weird headline you forwarded to your friends or shared at the watercooler? We ask questions to gain grounded insight into the stranger news of the week.

<p>What&rsquo;s the deeper story behind that weird headline you forwarded to your friends or shared at the watercooler? We ask questions to gain grounded insight into the stranger news of the week.</p>

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