"Hope Mission captures revealing close-ups of Mars' tiny moon Deimos"

The United Arab Emirates' Hope spacecraft has captured the first-ever close-up photo of Mars' moon Deimos, revealing that it is made of the same materials as Mars itself, challenging theories about its formation. The observations suggest that Deimos formed at the same time as Mars and is not a captured asteroid. The findings were presented at the European Geosciences Union meeting. The Emirates Mars Mission mainly investigated changes in the Martian atmosphere, but the team used the remaining extra propellant to boost the spacecraft into a higher orbit above Deimos, allowing the scientists to image the far side of the Martian moon in detail for the first time.