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part of one — that was gravitationally captured by the Red Planet long ago, a new preprint study based on previously unpublished photos ...

Nasa's Curiosity rover has captured a remarkable image of Earth and Mars' moon Phobos paired together ... bluish-white dot, while Phobos is visible as a smaller, darker speck nearby.

A new image has emerged of the Red Planet rising above the lunar limb after being occulted by the moon in January.

Thus, the moon moves around the planet faster than the planet rotates: one Mars rotation takes it a little more than 24.5 hours. As a result, an astronaut on Mars would see Phobos rising in the west ...

This means that the side of the moon seen in this new photo ... One is that Deimos, and its brother Phobos, were asteroids that got caught in the gravitational pull of Mars, and have been stuck ...

After a flight time of around one year, MMX will reach Mars and enter its orbit. The eight scientific instruments of the exploration module will then begin mapping and characterising the surfaces of ...

Not to be outdone in the field of ambitious sample return missions, NASA and ESA’s joint plan to collect and return rock core samples from Mars ... ll see pictures of the first new Moon rocks ...

as seen from mid-latitudes in the United States. Mars will be closest to the moon, separated by just 2 degrees in the sky as seen from Earth. (Your fist at arm's length equals around 10 degrees.) ...

“We’ve never seen Deimos in that way ... from Hera’s encounter with Mars, which may include shots of Phobos, the planet’s other moon. As with any planetary flyby, there were some ...

However, any specific lunar occultation of Mars (or indeed any planet) can only be seen from a small area of the Earth's surface. That's because the moon is far closer to the Earth than Mars ...