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'Fake' flybys help solve Phobos mystery
02 DEC. 2021 publication date 1363 Views

Using a series of 'real' and 'fake' flybys, ESA's Mars Express has clarified a long-standing martian mystery: if and how Mars' largest moon, Phobos, reflects the solar wind.

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