Previously unpublished photos of Mars' moon Phobos hint that the mysterious satellite may actually be a trapped comet — or perhaps just a piece of one, along with its twin moon Deimos. When you ...

Six planets in the solar system have at least one moon. Both Earth and Mars are toward the lower end of the lunar count, as our home planet only has one moon, and Mars has two. But not all moons share ...

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 ...

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 ...

New studies suggest that our extraterrestrial neighbor, Mars, is treating its own moon as an unfriendly and slowly pulling the satellite apart. The report, which The Planetary Science Journal ...

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Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Mars is lucky enough to have two confirmed moons, and both have some ...

A nearly 20-year-old instrument on the European Space Agency (ESA)’s Mars Express orbiter recently received a software upgrade which has enabled it to study the martian moon Phobos in greater detail ...

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 ...