On January 29, 1989, a Soviet space probe named Phobos 2 arrived in orbit around Mars. This was the last space mission ...

Deimos is Mars' outer moon. It's a tiny, irregularly shaped moon ... Homer's "Iliad" describes how Ares and his two sons would sow chaos and disorder in battle, with Deimos representing the ...

Times for the moon passing in front of Mars will vary, so be sure to check ... the sun from the vantage point of Earth. As the two planets travel along their orbital paths, Earth will be between ...

The Red Planet will be at its closest point to Earth, also known as perigee, on Jan. 12 and will be exactly opposite the sun ...

For a brief, but exciting, time last year, Earth had two moons. A small asteroid lingered close to our planet in its orbit ...

Mars is home to perhaps the greatest mystery of the Solar System: the so-called Martian dichotomy, which has baffled ...

The Wolf Moon will reach its peak fullness at 5:27 p.m. Eastern Time on January 13. It will rise in the sky about an hour ...

Last week, a full moon lit up the sky but it was another celestial moment, one that’s more rare, that wowed sky-gazers and ...

Mars in 2024 was the site of the sad end of a machine that lived far beyond expectations. On January 18, NASA's Ingenuity ...