Phobos and Deimos – these names from Greek mythology were given to the moons of our neighbouring planet Mars, discovered in 1877 by the US astronomer Asaph Hall. Besides Earth's Moon, they are the ...

Mars has two small, potato-shaped moons, called Phobos and Deimos. These moons are named for two sons of the Greek god of war, Ares, which the Romans called Mars. The names Phobos and Deimos mean ...

Mars has two moons, named Phobos and Deimos, but because Phobos is closer to Mars, it has been previously imaged by other spacecraft. "For Deimos, we don't have as many images as Phobos ...

Mars' moon Phobos may actually be a comet — or at least part of one — that was gravitationally captured by the Red Planet long ago, a new preprint study based on previously unpublished photos ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission aims to clarify how Mars's moons, Phobos and Deimos, formed and provide insights into planetary formation ...

Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos, believed to have formed either ... and then it will have to go through a series of thruster firings which should begin in October next year.

Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos, but scientists know relatively little about them, especially the smaller one, Deimos. Nearly all of the images they have of it were taken from the Martian ...

It's called Deimos, and is much smaller and more mysterious than Phobos, the first moon of Mars. The pictures were taken by the ESA's Hera mission, which is on its way to an asteroid called ...

With groups like NASA and the European Space Agency focusing largely on missions to explore Earth’s moon and Mars ... both the Martian moon Deimos as well as Phobos. Visiting the moons from ...