Mars is an interesting planet with many unexpected features. For one, it is not a sphere, but rather what is called a ...

NASA's Perseverance rover captured Phobos eclipsing the Sun, offering insights into Mars' moons and evolution.

Phobos, one of Mars' moons, has an uncertain origin, but its surface grooves show that tidal forces are pulling it apart. In time, Mars' gravity will shatter it entirely, creating a ring of debris ...

Phobos looks like the pupil of a googly eye against the warm glow of the sun. NASA's Perseverance Mars rover was treated to a "googly eye" solar eclipse as the planet's moon Phobos passed in front ...

A video captured by Perseverance from the surface of Mars on Sept. 30 shows the potato-shaped moon Phobos passing in front of the orange disk of the sun. Just like with a solar eclipse on Earth ...

As Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons, passed in front of the sun, it cast a lumpy, potato-shaped shadow on the sun’s face as well as on the Martian surface. The Perseverance rover, currently ...

The image appears almost like a googly-eye. Perseverance has captured several transits of the moon, named Phobos, since it landed on Mars in February 2021. Scientists can refine their ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover was treated to a 'googly eye' solar eclipse on Sept. 30 as the planet's moon Phobos passed in front of the sun. Phobos — one of Mars' two moons, along with the ...

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