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Saturday, 11 May 2019

Colorful thermal images to help reveal the origins of a doomed Martian moon

Views Mars' largest moon Phobos captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter

NASA has released new images of the Martian moon Phobos that could shed light on the origin of the enigmatic satellite. Scientists are currently unsure whether the barren moon is an asteroid that was captured by the Red Planet's gravitational pull, or if the world coalesced from debris cast out after a dramatic collision between Mars and another solar system object in the distant past.

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