Look for them around 10 p.m. local daylight time, roughly one-quarter up in the western sky. In addition to their closeness ...

July's full moon -- known as the Buck Moon or the Thunder Moon -- will light up the night sky on July 10 and be at its ...

Discover interesting facts about Mars, its moons, its atmosphere, and the possibilities of life.

Mars' moons are not easy to explain. Both are small — Phobos is 16 miles (26km) across at its widest point, Deimos is just 10 miles (16km) — and lumpy, which makes them look like captured ...

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Where did the moons of Mars come from? That’s a question scientists still can’t answer. We know that Earth’s moon was likely formed from a giant impact on our planet about 4.5 billion years ...

A new study has revealed that the weird parallel grooves on the surface of Mars' largest moon Phobos could be a sign that the Red Planet's gravity is ripping the satellite apart.

The Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) mission by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), planned to launch in 2026, will travel to Mars and explore its two moons, and even bring a sample from ...

The latest photos from the Hope spacecraft suggest Mars' two small moons might not be captured asteroids, as previously thought. But many questions still remain.

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 ...

January's Wolf Moon is set to gobble up Mars tonight—you won't want to miss this.

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 ...