But their focus wasn’t on Mars. It was on its moon, Phobos; named after the Greek God of fear. After all, if NASA could land on Mars, landing on one of its moons should be easy, right?

On Mars, it is less than a ring because the eclipsing object is the potato-shaped doomed moon Phobos crossing the Sun. On the ground, Perseverance was able to snap the celestial spectacle.

Of all the moons in our solar system, the Martian moon of Phobos might be the most interesting. It’s not a near-perfect sphere like most of the moons we see, and it almost looks like an ...

Mars is probably smaller than you think. It's just half the size of Earth, with barely a third of its mass. Even the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos are petite, measuring just a few kilometers in ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation just released a picture of Mars’ closest and biggest moon — Phobos. The image features Phobos’ largest crater, Stickney, along with three smaller craters.