The irregular shapes and orbits of Mars’s two small moons, Phobos and Deimos, have long been a subject of scientific curiosity. Recent research suggests that these moons may have originated from ...

One summer night in 1877, American astronomer Asaph Hall was looking through his telescope in Washington, D.C. Mars was at its closest point to Earth in its orbit, and Hall had one question on his ...

Mars has two moons, but they're not quite like Earth's moon. That's raised a lot of questions about where they're from, ...

Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun, is a subject of fascination for astronomers. Though significantly smaller than Earth, this red-hued world has two moons that continue to spark debate among ...

Japan is putting its Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft through a series of tests ahead of its launch to Mars next year. MMX is a complex mission to collect samples from the moon Phobos and ...

A space probe flying past Mars captured images of the red planet's small, mysterious moon. While on a flyby of Mars, Hera was able to use three of its imaging instruments to capture images of Deimos, ...

Phobos is the larger and innermost of Mars' two moons, and it's a fascinating celestial body. It's small, irregularly shaped, and orbiting just about 6,000 kilometers above the surface of the Red ...

The results of Hera's flyby could ultimately tell us whether Deimos is a captured asteroid or made from debris from a giant impact on Mars. Europe's Hera mission, on its way to the Didymos–Dimorphos ...

Experts speculate a new Phobos mission could launch by 2030, leveraging advancements in propulsion and AI for safer trajectories. The Phobos-Grunt mission, Russia’s endeavor to explore Mars’ moon ...

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft is on a journey to Jupiter's moon, Europa, a frozen world believed to harbor a salty ocean beneath its icy crust — and possibly the conditions to support life. Credit: ...

Next to Earth, Mars may be the most-studied world in our solar system, currently home to a fleet of orbiters, landers and rovers. But above the red sands on which the rovers trundle, a strange moon ...