NASA’s Perseverance rover has captured Mars’ moons, Deimos and Phobos, passing in front of the Sun, showcasing these celestial events as smaller, lumpy eclipses. While fascinating, they pale in comparison to Earth’s total solar eclipse. These events aid scientists in monitoring Mars’ moons, revealing their orbital dynamics and eventual fates – Phobos’s crash into Mars and Deimos’s escape. Such phenomena highlight the cosmic dance of celestial bodies in our solar system.

Millions of people worldwide marveled at the spectacular total solar eclipse today, with NASA’s footage capturing the Moon’s shadow engulfing swathes of the United States. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station had a double treat, witnessing the Moon crossing the Sun and its shadow on the continent. The eclipse, rare due to its visibility to millions, darkened cities like Dallas and Niagara Falls. NASA even joked on social media about blocking the Sun.

Last month, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured a peculiar sight of an object swiftly moving above the moon’s surface, which initially appeared to be a UFO or an Unidentified Lunar Object, but was revealed to be the Korea Aerospace Research Institute’s Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, also known as Danuri, photobombing the LRO’s image due to their nearly parallel orbits, requiring precise timing to witness the South Korean spacecraft’s engineering marvel of entering lunar orbit and aiding in future lunar explorations, including the demonstration of a potential “Lunar internet” communication network.