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

The Red Planet beckons us toward it, and the day draws closer when humans will walk on its dusty surface, and the moons of ...

Mars has two moons: Phobos, which is the larger inner moon, and Deimos, a smaller outer moon. It's expected that Phobos will continue to move towards Mars and ultimately crash into the red planet ...

The exploration of Mars' moons, Phobos and Deimos, has gained significant attention in recent years, particularly with the upcoming Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission led by the Japan ...

A study published in Icarus explores the possibility that Mars’ moons, Phobos and Deimos, formed from asteroid debris torn apart by the planet’s gravitational forces. Researchers ran advanced ...

This mission, led by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), aims to collect samples from Phobos, one of Mars' moons, and study its origin and evolution. The mission will also investigate ...

A world-leading designer of space robots says gigantic new rockets being tested by billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are ...

A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely called a "mini-moon," a nickname that was more ...

On the evening of Jan. 13, there will be a very special kind of eclipse of the planet Mars by the Moon. This type of eclipse is called an occultation, which occurs when the Moon or other celestial ...

Dec. 16, 2024 — The combination of low temperature, atmospheric pressure and water vapor pressure on Mars means any liquid water found there would likely freeze, boil or evaporate immediately ...