The irregular shapes and orbits of Mars’s two small moons, Phobos and Deimos, have long been a subject of scientific curiosity. Recent research suggests that these moons may have originated from ...

Mars has two moons, but they're not quite like Earth's moon. That's raised a lot of questions about where they're from, ...

The eccentric orbit of the Martian moon Phobos could drive the flow of powder across the moon's surface, a new study finds, shedding light on Phobos' mysterious origins. Dark gray, potato-shaped ...

The 2020 disaster film Horizon Line (streaming now on Peacock) opens on Sara (M3GAN’s Allison Williams) on her way to a friend’s wedding on the island of Mauritius — the ancestral home of the dodo, by ...

The weird linear grooves scoring the surface of the Mars moon Phobos were likely carved by boulders knocked loose by a giant impact, a new study suggests. That impact created Phobos' most notable ...

The moon, , looks a lot like an asteroid: It's lumpy, potato-shaped and very small. It has an average radius of just 11 6.8 miles. Scientists have long wondered about the — is it merely a captured ...

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

Russia’s troubled Phobos-Grunt spacecraft, which is stuck in low-Earth orbit due to an engine failure rather than on its way to Mars, appears to be doomed, with small pieces of the wayward probe ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The weird linear grooves scoring the surface of the Mars moon Phobos were likely carved by ...