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 ...

DEADLY space radiation and rapid outbreaks of disease are just a few of the official Nasa dangers that visitors to Mars will ...

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 ...

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 ...

By imaging the dunes, scientists can figure out how much CO2 frost forms on the dunes during the Martian winter. When ...

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 ...

A high-tech sensor designed and built at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has now traveled farther than 250 ...

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 ...

Scientists simulated a situation that may offer an improved explanation for how the Red Planet ended up with small Phobos and tiny ... company’s prototype moon and Mars rocket carried out ...