Computer simulations suggest that Mars' puzzling moons, Phobos and Deimos, may have been formed from debris created when a large asteroid wandered dangerously close to the Red Planet. This new model ...

Eclipses are not exclusive to our planet. While the Moon certainly makes it spectacular, often covering the Sun completely (at least for the next 600 million years), the other natural satellites in ...

Even Mars rovers like to chase solar eclipses. photo of the yellow-orange sun being partially eclipse by the potato-shaped mars moon phobos Measuring roughly 17 miles by 14 miles by 11 miles (27 by 22 ...

A new study challenges the long-standing assumptions about the origin of Mars’s moons by suggesting the Red Planet may have once been surrounded by rings. The research, authored by Matija Ćuk, Kaustub ...

NASA's Perseverance rover captured a solar eclipse on Mars. In this case it was the moon Phobos completing a transit of the ...

Phobos looks like the pupil of a googly eye against the warm glow of the sun. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's Perseverance ...

As it continues its painstaking search for microbial life on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover has also been reporting otherworldly happenings occurring during its adventures. Just recently, for example ...

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 ...

We often think getting to know Mars will require us to actually get there in person and have a look at the place. While that may be true when it comes to uncovering the mysteries of the planetary ...

One summer night in 1877, American astronomer Asaph Hall was looking through his telescope in Washington, D.C. Mars was at its closest point to Earth in its orbit, and Hall had one question on his ...

As scientists and others look at how to make Mars habitable for life in the future, NASA’s Perseverance rover remains busy exploring the Martian surface. The rover recently spotted a striped rock ...

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