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However, with Phobos drifting only 6 feet (1.8 meters) closer to Mars every hundred years, our solar system's space potato is unlikely to be mashed for another 50 million years, according to NASA.

It further added, "Phobos is also on a collision course with Mars—though it'll take a while to get there. It's nearing the Red Planet at a rate of six feet (1.8 meters) every hundred years.

Phobos is also on a collision course with Mars—though it'll take a while to get there. It's nearing the Red Planet at a rate of six feet (1.8 meters) every hundred years.

Phobos is on a collision course with Mars. However, it may take nearly 50 million years, for the lumpy moon to reach the Read Planet and collide with it.