Phobos Images Reveal Reddish Material

Credit: JPL/UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
The Martian moon Phobos, imaged in color for the first time by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), reveals distinctive red material like that on the Martian surface. This could mean that Mars material, blasted into space by meteorites, has collected on Phobos. It would be much easier for a sample...

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