Juno, NASA’s Jupiter-bound spacecraft, encountered dust particles damaging its solar panels near Mars. Utilizing this setback, scientist Jayesh P. Pabari analyzed data to estimate dust encounters between 1 and 5 Astronomical Units (AU). The study revealed a tenfold increase in dust flux at 1.5 AU, pinpointing Mars’s moons, Deimos and Phobos, as potential sources. Phobos, losing dust due to low gravity, contributes to a ring around Mars. Dr. Pabari’s work proposes a mechanism where micrometeorites impacting the moons generate escaping dust, shedding light on the origin of zodiacal light. Future missions to these moons could verify these findings.