A mysterious geometric shape spotted on the surface of Mars has led to speculation about its origins

A bizarre square object has been spotted on the surface of Mars, and now SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wants to take action to investigate it.

For many years now, Tesla and X owner Elon Musk has made it clear that making ‘humanity multiplanetary’ is at the forefront of his technological pursuits.

He set up his aerospace company SpaceX all the way back in 2002, with a vision to create commercial spaceflights, but also to establish a colony on Mars within his lifetime.

In the time since, he has launched more than 100 rockets into orbit – mind you, a fair few of these have exploded mid-air.

So it won’t come as a surprise that when Musk recently caught wind that a mysterious geometric shape had been spotted on Mars, he announced his desire to investigate.

Elon Musk told Joe Rogan he wanted to find out more about the bizarre shape on Mars (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

The photo of the unusual shape first started doing the rounds on Reddit, according to Twitter user Chris Ramsay.