Some of the mysterious grooves on the surface of Mars’ moon Phobos are the result of debris ejected by impacts eventually falling back onto the surface to form linear chains of craters, according to a ...

The Martian moon Phobos is locked in an orbital decay, gradually inching closer to Mars until it faces a destructive fate.

A new study bolsters the idea that strange grooves crisscrossing the surface of the Martian moon Phobos were made by rolling boulders blasted free from an ancient asteroid impact. The research, ...

The weird linear grooves scoring the surface of the Mars moon Phobos were likely carved by boulders knocked loose by a giant impact, a new study suggests. That impact created Phobos' most notable ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- A new study bolsters the idea that strange grooves crisscrossing the surface of the Martian moon Phobos were made by rolling boulders blasted free from an ...

One of the more interesting moons orbiting a planet in our solar system is Mars' moon Phobos. One of the key aspects of that moon is its odd shape and unique grooves that run across the surface of the ...

Of all the moons in our solar system, the Martian moon of Phobos might be the most interesting. It's not a near-perfect sphere like most of the moons we see, and it almost looks like an overgrown ...

A new explanation for the strange grooves on the surface of the martian moon Phobos suggests that the entire satellite already shows signs of how it will eventually be destroyed. This article was ...