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No, it’s not a UFO

No, it’s not a UFO
No, it’s not a UFO It’s the Martian moon Phobos. Opportunity captured this moment as Phobos transited the Red Planet during the last week in May 2018. Experience and precision planning have allowed for the shots to become technically easier to capture, said MER Athena Science team member Mark Lemmon, of Texas A&M University, who directs the mission’s moonshots. And this one is a keeper. NASA / JPL-Caltech / Cornell / ASU / Texas A&M