The Red Planet beckons us toward it, and the day draws closer when humans will walk on its dusty surface, and the moons of ...

Deimos is Mars' outer moon. It's a tiny, irregularly shaped moon and smaller than Mars' other moon, Phobos. Despite being unspectacular, Deimos remains a fascinating mystery. Deimos is one of only ...

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 ...

Formations that look like jumbo-sized kidney beans (or blobs of chocolate syrup, depending on your palette) may be indicators ...

From January to March, the night sky will host a spectacular parade of planets featuring Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus ...

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

The Red Planet will be at its closest point to Earth, also known as perigee, on Jan. 12 and will be exactly opposite the sun ...

Pluto likely acquired large moon Charon in a “kiss and capture” collision billions of years ago. It may have created a subsurface ocean on the icy dwarf planet.

DEADLY space radiation and rapid outbreaks of disease are just a few of the official Nasa dangers that visitors to Mars will face. The space agency holds a list of “five hazards of human ...

For example, Mars is orbited by two tiny potato-shaped moons called Phobos and Deimos, which are likely two asteroids that were captured by the red planet’s gravity. But that type of formation ...