When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Martian moon Deimos seen crossing the face of Mars in this sequence of Thermal Infrared Imager ...

Mars has two small, strange moons, Phobos and Deimos, and their origin is still one of the biggest unanswered questions in ...

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 ...

Mars' moon Deimos is occulted by Phobos on Aug. 1 as seen by Curiosity What fun to live on a planet with TWO moons. Imagine stepping out into the Martian night to watch the moons Phobos and Deimos ...

A European spacecraft on a journey to study NASA's asteroid crash site did a quick pop-in of Mars on its way, capturing unprecedented images of Mars' lesser-known moon, Deimos. Mars has two moons, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Hera, European Space Agency’s (ESA) flagship planetary defense mission that launched in October 2024, took images of Mars and Deimos, one of its two moons, March 12. The mission’s flyby was used as a ...

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 ...

Mars once had rings like Saturn and a much bigger moon, a new study has revealed. While Mars currently has two small moons, Phobos and Deimos, scientists from the SETI Institute and Purdue University ...

NASA's Perseverance rover snapped a photo of the sky in the hours just before dawn on March 1, 2025. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech In the hours just before dawn, NASA's Perseverance rover adjusted its ...