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part of one — that was gravitationally captured by the Red Planet long ago, a new preprint study based on previously unpublished photos ...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 research, which was published in Advances in Space Research, problem is caused by the Sun, which assaults Phobos — and the other Martian moon, Deimos — with a solar wind that it can’t ...

Pockmarked by thousands of meteorites, this moon was once nearly shattered by a giant impact. While it survived the collision, Phobos remains doomed. The tiny moon is drawing closer to Mars at a ...

The Perseverance rover has been stationed on Mars since 2021 and new footage taken shows Phobos, one of the Martian moons, passing in front of sun resembling the pupil of a googly eye.

Phobos looks like the pupil of a googly eye against the warm glow of the sun. NASA's Perseverance Mars rover was treated to a "googly eye" solar eclipse as the planet's moon Phobos passed in front ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover captured imagery of Martian moon Phobos transiting the Sun. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA/JPL-Caltech | edited by Steve Spaleta SpaceX rolls Starship ...

The MMX space probe from the Japanese space organisation JAXA is set to change this: it will examine the two Martian moons in detail from orbit and collect material samples from Phobos for the first ...

Mars is slowly killing its largest moon, NASA has revealed. Phobos is being gradually being tugged towards the Red Planet, a process which will eventually destroy it. Space scientists have ...

On Sept. 30, NASA's Perseverance rover turned its eyes toward the sky and photographed a solar eclipse from Mars, capturing the tiny moon Phobos crossing the sun's face. When you purchase through ...