"NASA's Perseverance Rover Captures Epic Martian Solar Eclipse"

NASA's Perseverance rover captured a timelapse of Mars' moon Phobos passing in front of the sun, creating a solar eclipse. The images were taken from Mars' Jezero Crater and uploaded by engineers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Unlike Earth's upcoming total solar eclipse, Phobos is too small to completely cover the sun's disk. Observing these eclipses helps scientists measure subtle shifts in Phobos' orbit, providing insights into Mars' interior. Phobos is on a collision course with Mars and is expected to either crash into the planet or break up into a planetary ring within the next 50 million years.