NASA’s longest-lived mission to Mars has gained its first look at the Martian moon Phobos, pursuing a deeper understanding by examining it in infrared wavelengths. The Thermal Emission Imaging System ...

The Perseverance Mars rover's Mastcam-Z camera the Martian moon Phobos transit the Sun. See real-time and time-lapsed views ...

In a remarkable moment during its journey toward Jupiter, NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft managed to capture a stunning image of Mars and its two moons, Phobos and Deimos, in one frame. This rare ...

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Earth isn't the only planet experiencing spectacular solar eclipses as moons pass in front of our solar system's sun. Two months before a total solar eclipse is expected to shroud a long swath of ...

Japan’s space agency (JAXA) is sending a mission to travel to Mars which will survey the Red Planet’s two moons, Phobos and Deimos. The spacecraft will explore both moons and collect a sample of ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS NASA's Curiosity rover has captured a spectacular sight from the ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has recently captured a striking image of Phobos, one of the Red Planet's two moons, as it passed in front of the sun last month. The remarkable event observed on ...

Mars has long been a point of fascination for scientists as they try to uncover the planet's past and determine if it ever supported life. It turns out that Phobos, one of the Martian moons, may hold ...

Mars itself is a world of puzzlement, particularly when it comes to whether or not the planet is the home of ancient or even present-day life. But put that aside for the moment. Even without the ...

How did the moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, form and evolve orbiting the Red Planet? This is what a recent study published in Icarus hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated the ...

International collaboration finds that two small satellites (Phobos and Deimos) orbiting Mars can also be formed by a giant impact like the origin of our Moon. The research is reported in Nature ...