"Mars may be around 140 million miles away from Earth, but the red planet is influencing our deep oceans by helping drive 'giant whirlpools,' according to new research."
CNN reports on the research from Nature Communications journal: "The two planets affect each other through a phenomenon called 'resonance,' which is when two orbiting bodies apply a gravitational push and pull on each other — sometimes described as a kind of harmonization between distant planets."