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Decimating the Cosmos: The Unbelievable Truth About Deimos That Will Shock You! When you think of Mars, the two moons—Phobos and Deimos—often fade into the background, dismissed as mere rocky blobs drifting through the red sky. But what if I told you Deimos harbors secrets so shocking, it could change how we understand the cosmic neighborhood? Prepare to have your perception of Mars’ smallest satellite completely decimated by surprising cosmic truths about Deimos. ### Deimos: More Than Just a Minute Moon Deimos is Mars’ lesser-known and slightly smaller moon, orbiting at about 23,460 km (14,580 miles) from the Martian surface—making it one of the most distant natural satellites in the solar system relative to its planet. Unlike Phobos, which is rapidly spiraling inward toward Mars and set to crash into the planet in roughly 40 million years, Deimos glides outward, slowly escaping Earth’s potential gravitational pull. But that’s only the beginning.