Mathematicians have identified a new class of shapes that "tile space without using sharp corners." From bathroom floors to ...

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A third Martian moon around a third the size of our own could explain the anomaly. Mars's current satellites Phobos and ...

A long-lost moon could explain why Mars is so different from the other rocky planets in the solar system.Today, Mars has two ...

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A recently proposed hypothesis by Michael Efroimsky, an astronomer at the US Naval Observatory, could shed light on Mars’ strange shape and rugged terrain.

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Unlike the other planets in the solar system, Mars is distinctly triaxial, meaning it is an ellipsoid with different sizes along all three axes. A long-lost moon could explain why Mars is so ...

Today, Mars has two tiny moons. But early in its history, the Red Planet may have had a much larger moon, which might be responsible for Mars' weird shape and extreme terrain, Michael Efroimsky, an ...

Today, Mars has two tiny moons. But early in its history, the Red Planet may have had a much larger moon, which might be responsible for Mars' weird shape and extreme terrain, Michael Efroimsky ...