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Mars moon mystery: Strange structures found inside 'fearful' Phobos
2022-11-02
[Space.com] Europe's Mars Express spacecraft has peered deeper into the subsurface of the Martian moon Phobos than ever before, finding hints of unknown structures that could be clues as to the moon's origin.

Mars Express, which is a 19-year-veteran spacecraft in orbit around Mars, came within 51.6 miles (83 kilometers) of Phobos on Sept. 22, 2022 and was able to probe beneath the moon's surface using upgraded software on its MARSIS instrument (Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding).

Understanding the interior structure of Phobos could be key in solving the mystery of its origin. "We are still at an early stage in our analysis, but we have already seen possible signs of previously unknown features below the moon's surface," said Andrea Cicchetti, who is a member of the MARSIS science team at INAF, the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics, in a statement(opens in new tab).
Posted by:DarthVader

#10  I recommend "Boundary" by Ryk Spoor.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2022-11-02 17:15  

#9  Posterior Chamber under where The Lens was. The Optic Nerve would connect on the opposite side, out of current view.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-11-02 17:02  

#8  
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-11-02 16:00  

#7  "Sire, we have a most remarkable picture!"

"Show me."

Golan Trevize
wuz
here
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Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-11-02 15:47  

#6  Emergency escape vessel from a ship named Rama, covered in space barnacles. Insides are the remains of human astronauts with various international flags...but the controls are decidedly advanced yet in Imperial Units.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-11-02 15:40  

#5  ^functioning internal biosphere with luminescent light, of course.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-11-02 15:33  

#4  I'm feeling lucky.

I'll go with, "Entire landscape of Angkor Wat plus depth enclosed in a gossamer of calcium and large hadron collider particles....dated three years from the future."
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-11-02 15:31  

#3  "The main bright line is the reflection from the surface of Phobos, but beneath that there is evidence for fainter lines that could just be interference, or 'clutter,' from features on the surface, but they could also be caused by structures below the surface."

That's cool. R.Hoagland has a lot of theories on Phobos and Mars. Would be nice if he was validated before his death.
Posted by: mossomo   2022-11-02 12:51  

#2  "...I'm sorry, everybody - we said 'All these worlds are yours except Europa', we should have said, 'except Phobos'. Really sorry about that; I mean, you seen one moon, you seen 'em all, am I right? Anyways, it's all good, mmkay?"

- The Monolith


Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski   2022-11-02 11:20  

#1  Artificial Megastructure?
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-11-02 07:46  

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