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Scientists finally explain how Mars got its moons

The irregular shapes and orbits of Mars’s two small moons, Phobos and Deimos, have long been a subject of scientific ...

NASA under pressure to release latest images of 'alien' comet

Comet 3I/ATLAS was first detected on July 1, 2025 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS). As it approached the Sun, it displayed a subtle non-gravitational acceleration, ...
Astronomy

Megatsunami swept over Mars after devastating asteroid strike

Around 3.4 billion years ago, when Mars was a warm, wet world, an asteroid several kilometers wide tore through its thin air and crashed into a shallow sea, leaving an expansive crater on the ...

How Did Mars Get Its Moons?

Mars has two moons, but they're not quite like Earth's moon. That's raised a lot of questions about where they're from, ...
USA Today

What's the latest on interstellar object 3I/ATLAS? Mars, Jupiter missions to observe comet

But orbiters around Mars and Jupiter will get a look ... The telescope in Chile – part of the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS – was the first to spot what ...
The Goshen News

Scientists say asteroid unlikely to hit Mars

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The possibility of a collision between Mars and an approaching asteroid has been effectively ruled out, according to scientists watching the space rock. Tracking ...