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Deimos: Mars' smallest moon
Deimos is Mars' outer moon. It's a tiny, irregularly shaped moon and smaller than Mars' other moon, Phobos. Despite being unspectacular, Deimos remains a fascinating mystery. Deimos is one of only ...
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Lost photos suggest Mars' mysterious moon Phobos may be a trapped comet in disguise
Mars' moon Phobos may actually be a comet — or at least part of one — that was gravitationally captured by the Red Planet long ago, a new preprint study based on previously unpublished photos ...
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The aim – Phobos and Deimos
Phobos and Deimos – these names from Greek mythology were given to the moons of our neighbouring planet Mars, discovered in 1877 by the US astronomer Asaph Hall. Besides Earth's Moon, they are the ...
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Planet Mars, explained
Deimos, the smaller of the two moons, orbits Mars every 30 hours and is less than 10 miles across. Its larger sibling Phobos bears many scars, including craters and deep grooves running across its ...
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Mars may have made its 2 moons by ripping an asteroid apart
Computer simulations suggest that Mars' puzzling moons, Phobos and Deimos, may have been formed from debris created when a large asteroid wandered dangerously close to the Red Planet. This new ...
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Why we must investigate Phobos, the solar system's strangest object
Mars's moon Phobos is so strange that no one knows how it formed. But a forthcoming mission could solve this mystery - and a host of other puzzles connected to the solar system's deep past ...
Scientists Think These ‘Kidney Beans’ Could Prove That Mars Once Supported Life
Formations that look like jumbo-sized kidney beans (or blobs of chocolate syrup, depending on your palette) may be indicators ...
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MMX – Martian Moons eXploration
have already provided data and images from Mars orbit that have helped to observe the moons. However, there was no successful attempt to land on Phobos or Deimos to date. Little is known about their ...
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Ten Pieces - Planet Mars. 2: Dust storms and two moons
Two moons: Working with a partner, one person adopts the role of Phobos, the other being Deimos. Taking turns they ... to make a fun fact file about Mars. Cool down: Using the imagery of dust ...
NASA experts explains why Mars is red and what the planet was like billions of years ago
On January 16 Mars shone at its brightest until 2027 as it was in opposition, which means it was positioned directly opposite ...
Scientists Say These ‘Kidney Beans’ Could Prove Life on Mars
By imaging the dunes, scientists can figure out how much CO2 frost forms on the dunes during the Martian winter. When temperatures grow warmer in the spring, the frost sublimates, transitioning from a ...