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For a long time after their discovery in 1877, scientists assumed Mars’ two puny moons — Deimos and Phobos — were captured asteroids. This belief persisted until evidence revealed both moons formed at ...

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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 ...

The Emirates Mars Mission 'Hope Probe' is transitioning to a new orbit. The orbital transfer will allow the Hope Probe to fly within approximately 150 Km and capture unprecedented data on Deimos, the ...

Saturn is the planet in our solar system that’s famous for its beautiful rings, but it may once have had competition from our neighbor, Mars. New research from the SETI Institute and Purdue University ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A spacecraft around Mars has sent back the most detailed photos yet of the red planet’s little moon. The United Arab Emirates' Amal spacecraft flew within 62 miles (100 ...

The United Arab Emirates' Amal spacecraft recently flew within 62 miles (100 kilometers) of Deimos. Deimos is a tiny Martian moon that was thought to be a captured asteroid from space. But new ...

For the very first time, the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos have been caught on camera together. ESA’s Mars Express orbiter took these pioneering images last month. Apart from their ‘wow’ factor, ...

Celebrating our second year orbiting the red Planet, the Emirates Mars Mission ‘Hope Probe’, the first Arab-led planetary exploration mission, is transitioning to a new orbit. The orbital transfer ...