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Perhaps Mars is slowly ripping apart its largest moon

A new study shows that Mars’ largest moon, Phobos, has been torn apart by extreme gravitational forces acting on it from the Red Planet.

The researchers discovered an unusual coating of grooves Phobossurfaces previously thought to be scars from antiquity asteroid impact, are actually dust-filled canyons that widen as the moon is stretched by gravitational forces.

https://www.space.com/mars-moon-phobos-being-ripped-apart/ Perhaps Mars is slowly ripping apart its largest moon

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