What would it feel like to stand on the tiny moons of Mars,Phobos and Deimos? Explore the surreal experience of visiting Mars ...

Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun, is a subject of fascination for astronomers. Though significantly smaller than Earth, ...

It's possible that Mars' moons were originally asteroids that were captured by the planet's gravitational pull. There's also ...

"Studying Phobos’ orbit also allows scientists to refine predictions of when the doomed moon will crash into Mars," according to NASA. Eric Lagatta covers breaking and trending news for USA TODAY.

Phobos has the closest orbit of any known moon to its parent body, circling the red planet at a distance of just 6,000 kilometers (3,700 miles), ...

Mars’ doomed moon Phobos may leave its parent planet a parting gift. A new study shows the moon is likely to break apart before it hits the atmosphere, creating a debris ring that will encircle ...

While we earthlings prepare for a rare total solar eclipse that will pass over North America, Mars had one of its own earlier this year.. A timelapse of photos taken by NASA's Perseverance rover ...

Like Dharma, Phobos exploits open or poorly secured RDP ports to sneak inside networks and execute a ransomware attack, encrypting files and demanding a ransom be paid in bitcoin for returning the ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA loves Mars because it’s the closest planet in our Solar System that can be ...

Phobos-Grunt (Phobos is one of Mars' two moons; Grunt is Russian for ground) had an ambitious mission -- to orbit Mars, land on Phobos, scoop up a soil sample, and bring it home for study.

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 ...

Phobos-Grunt spacecraft meant to reach Mars, never left Earth orbit. Jan. 13, 2012 — -- Somewhere, most likely Sunday or Monday, the failed Russian Phobos-Grunt Mars probe will return ...