For years astronomers have been trying to determine the origin of Mars’ moons, Phobos and Deimos. The long standing argument that they were captured asteroids may fall by the wayside in lieu of a new ...

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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Martian moon Deimos seen crossing the face of Mars in this sequence of Thermal Infrared Imager ...

The weird shapes and colors of the tiny Martian moons Phobos and Deimos have inspired a long-standing debate about their origins. The dark faces of the moons resemble the primitive asteroids of the ...

Presently, there’s only one operational rover on the Martian surface, after the official demise of Opportunity. The live and kicking machine is called Curiosity, and this March it went hunting ...

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These two images taken by the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) show Mars’ two small moons, Phobos and Deimos, as seen from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s low orbit ...

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 ...

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, ...

How kewl is this? The Lunar and Planetary Institute and several other sponsors are holding a conference on The Exploration of Phobos and Deimos, the moons of Mars. Well, sure, that’s cool. But what ...