Both Phobos and Deimos are observable from the Martian surface. Phobos, larger and closer to Mars than Deimos, exhibits noticeable waxing and waning phases within a single appearance due to its rapid ...

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, ...

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 ...

The United Arab Emirates’ Hope spacecraft recently conducted a close flyby of Deimos, capturing the first up-close images of its farside and initiating spectral data collection to investigate its ...

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 ...

Typically, the Perseverance rover is looking down, scouring the Martian terrain for rocks that may reveal aspects of the planet’s ancient past. But over the last several weeks, the intrepid robot ...

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 ...

Mars has been a hotbed for space exploration over the past several decades. However, just recently we got our closest look at the Martian moons Deimos and Phobos in images captured by the Emirates ...

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft is on a journey to Jupiter's moon, Europa, a frozen world believed to harbor a salty ocean beneath its icy crust — and possibly the conditions to support life. Credit: ...