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Check Out These Rare Images of Deimos, One of Mars’ Mysterious Moons
Like our moon, Deimos is tidally locked to Mars, meaning the same side always faces the planet—the only side visible to rovers on the Martian surface. The only way to see Deimos’ far side up close is ...
Saturn now has 274 moons – but exactly what makes something a moon remains unclear
The number of known moons in our Solar System has been rising for centuries, but astronomers say it has probably peaked – for ...
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Tiny Mars moon Deimos gets a rare close-up, thanks to Europe's Hera asteroid probe (photos)
The results of Hera's fly-by could ultimately tell us whether Deimos is a captured asteroid or made from debris from a giant ...
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A Series of Cosmic Collisions Gave Saturn 128 'New' Moons
The smashups are thought to have occurred at least 100 million years ago, but the moons they created are new to astronomers.
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Canada-linked team finds Saturn has 128 more moons, leaving Jupiter in cosmic dust
Canadian and other researchers have confirmed Saturn as the solar system’s undisputed “moon king,” after discovering 128 more ...