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Mar 28, 2024

Mars may have captured and split a comet to create its two moons

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How the Red Planet acquired its two moons, Phobos and Deimos, is unknown – they could have formed after something collided with the planet, or started out as asteroids – but now there is a hint of a cometary origin.

By Jonathan O’Callaghan

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