Overview:

• The video captured by the Perseverance rover is the highest-frame-rate observation and the most zoomed-in of a solar eclipse that has been captured from the Martian surface.
• This Martian eclipse has provided the scientists with a new perspective regarding the subtle shifts in the orbits of the moons.
• The moon Phobos is inching very slowly towards Mars and they will collide millions of years from now.

Objectives of the Perseverance Rover

One of the main objectives of this rover is to look for signs of ancient microbial life on the planet Mars. The rover is analyzing and studying Mars’ rock, regolith, and dust. It is also the first rover that is collecting and caching samples.