Japan's newly launched MMX mission aims to reveal the origins of Mars' moons

Summary

Japan's newly launched MMX spacecraft is expected to shed light on how Mars' two moons, Phobos and Deimos, formed. Although the moons look like lumpy space potatoes, no one knows their origins, and according to Scientific American the spacecraft should soon offer answers.

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1. Scientific American

   23 Oct 2026, 10:45 UTCSource ↗

   Scientific American reports that Japan's newly launched MMX spacecraft should soon reveal the origins of Phobos and Deimos, Mars' moons, whose formation is currently unknown.