In 2009, astronaut Buzz Aldrin caused a stir when he suggested we should attempt to visit the monolith on Phobos, the largest ...

A mysterious moon, a vanished Soviet spacecraft, and monolith-like objects standing alone in the Martian dust—what’s really ...

In 2009, astronaut Buzz Aldrin caused a stir when he suggested we should attempt to visit the monolith on Phobos, the largest of Mars's two moons, before heading back to our own.

Mars Express, which is a 19-year-veteran spacecraft in orbit around Mars, came within 51.6 miles (83 kilometers) of Phobos on Sept. 22, 2022 and was able to probe beneath the moon's surface using ...

A UFO expert claimed to have spotted a massive alien base on Mars’ natural satellite Phobos. According to the expert, the structure could be the alleged monolith that NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin ...

But Phobos has such low gravity that traveling too fast could send you spinning off the moon and into space. A rover for such an environment needs to be able to grip onto the ground in order to ...

However, unlike the moon, Phobos' orbit around Mars is not stable: The tiny satellite is trapped in a death-spiral and is slowly falling towards the Martian surface at a rate of 6 feet (1.8 meters ...

The origin of Mars’ two moons, Phobos and Deimos, is still unclear. To unravel this mystery, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission is scheduled to ...

Mars, with two moons to choose from, still produces quite the spectacle. The Perseverance rover captured one such eclipse as Phobos transited the Sun on February 8, 2024.