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The UAE Space Agency's "Hope Probe" has captured the most detailed photo of Mars' moon Deimos, challenging the theory that it is a captured asteroid and instead pointing to a planetary origin. The observations were made using all three of the probe's science instruments and provide new insights into Deimos' makeup and structure. The Emirates Mars Mission is the first interplanetary exploration undertaken by an Arab nation.
The United Arab Emirates' Hope Mars mission has captured the closest-ever images of Deimos, one of Mars' small moons, from as close as 60 miles (100 km). The images and observations represent a significant step forward in our knowledge of Deimos, its atmosphere, composition, origins, and what this means for our understanding of Mars more broadly. The spacecraft's observations of the composition of Deimos suggest the moon came from Mars itself, which is another step forward in resolving a long-standing debate about its origins.