Identity crisis. Phobos and Deimos bear more resemblance to asteroids than to Earth's moon. Both are tiny — the larger, Phobos, is only 14 miles across (22 kilometers), while the smaller, Deimos ...

See stunning photos of Phobos and Deimos, the small moons of Mars, as seen by spacecraft on and orbiting the Red Planet. Phobos is the largest moon of Mars, with Deimos as a smaller satellite.

Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun, is a subject of fascination for astronomers. Though significantly smaller than Earth, ...

What would it feel like to stand on the tiny moons of Mars,Phobos and Deimos? Explore the surreal experience of visiting Mars ...

It's possible that Mars' moons were originally asteroids that were captured by the planet's gravitational pull. There's also ...

What’s the big deal about little Phobos and tinier Deimos? A close-up view of Phobos, the larger of Mars’s two moons. It is 17 miles across, and will be visited by a Japanese mission, MMX ...

The moons of Mars — Phobos and Deimos — are two fragments of what was once a much larger Martian satellite that was blown apart by a huge collision, a study finds. ...

While there are over 200 moons in our solar system, only three exist around the inner terrestrial planets, and two belong to the planet Mars. These two are Phobos and Deimos, and they are small, ...

The two moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, were discovered in 1877 by the American astronomer Asaph Hall using the 26-inch refractor telescope at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington D.C.

Mini moon: two views of the Martian moon Deimos taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. (Courtesy: NASA) A new theory for the mysterious origins of Mars’ two tiny moons Phobos and Deimos has been ...

While previous close-up images were usually generated, these images of Deimos and Phobos were captured as the UAE probe flew less than 100km from the moons. Tech. Entertainment. Science.

It remains unclear which of these two formation routes holds true for Mars’s moons, Phobos and Deimos—but we may soon have an answer. A Japanese spacecraft launching next year will attempt to ...