Japan’s MMX mission will reveal the origins of weird Martian moons

October 23, 2026 · 10:45 am 1 sources

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• Japan’s MMX mission will reveal the origins of weird Martian moons
  Scientific American · October 23, 2026 10:45
  Although Phobos and Deimos may look like lumpy space potatoes, they’re actually moons of Mars. No one knows how they formed, but a newly launched spacecraft should soon offer answers