One summer night in 1877, American astronomer Asaph Hall was looking through his telescope in Washington, D.C. Mars was at ...

See stunning photos of Phobos and Deimos, the small moons of Mars, as seen by spacecraft on and orbiting the Red Planet. Phobos is the largest moon of Mars, with Deimos as a smaller satellite.

Can Phobos and Deimos be seen from the surface of Mars? If so, do they exhibit phases like Earth’s Moon? John Carlson Colon, Michigan. In short: Yes and yes!

NASA's Curiosity rover has captured a spectacular sight from the surface of Mars: The first-ever photo of Earth alongside the ...

Mars Express is a European Space Agency probe that's been orbiting the Red Planet since 2003, ... Phobos passes Jupiter… as seen from Mars! By Phil Plait. June 17, 2011 12:40 PM.

The video shows the Martian moon Phobos, the innermost and larger of the two moons, as seen by Perseverance's next-generation Mastcam-Z camera on April 2, which was the 397th Martian day of the ...

Artist’s concept of Japan’s Mars Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft, carrying a NASA instrument to ...More study the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos. The mission should contain a sample return ...

It turns out that Phobos, one of the Martian moons, may hold a treasure trove of information about what Mars was like in the past, according to new research. Mars has two small, funky-looking moons.

The orbit of Mars Express has been fine-tuned to get us as close to Phobos as possible during a handful of flybys between 2023 and 2025, which will give us great opportunities to try.” ...

From Mars' Jezero Crater, the Perseverance rover, which landed on the planet in 2021, captured a series of images on Feb. 8 of the odd-shaped tiny moon Phobos passing in front of the much-larger sun.

Phobos is very close to its planet Mars, ... NASA likens the visible grooves on Phobos to "stretch marks" from tidal forces deforming the moon. 59 Weird Objects Seen on Mars, Explained ...