"NASA's Perseverance Rover Captures Martian Solar Eclipse Resembling Giant Googly Eye"
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NASA's Perseverance Rover captured images of a partial solar eclipse on Mars as its moon, Phobos, passed in front of the Sun, creating a silhouette. The images, taken by the rover's Mastcam-Z camera, provide valuable data for studying Phobos' orbit and its effects on Mars. Additionally, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency plans to launch the Martian Moons Exploration mission in 2026 to further explore Phobos and bring back dust samples for analysis.
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- Solar eclipse on Mars captured by NASA Perseverance rover: See photos USA TODAY
- NASA Mars rover looks up, sees its strange moon eclipsing the sun Mashable
- A Martian solar eclipse turns the sun into a giant googly eye Popular Science
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