The red planet Mars, named for the Roman god of war, has long been an omen in the night sky. And in its own ... and irregularly shaped moons, Phobos and Deimos. The two lumpy worlds, discovered ...

Phobos and Deimos – these names from Greek mythology were given to the moons of our neighbouring planet Mars, discovered in 1877 by the US astronomer Asaph Hall. Besides Earth's Moon, they are the ...

"Last night was a very ... "But as we flew by Mars this gave us more than a thousand images that are absolutely breathtaking." Mars has two moons, named Phobos and Deimos, but because Phobos ...

Always bright and reliable Jupiter remains prominent for the first half of night in the western sky. Meanwhile, Mars continues to cavort with the twin stars of Gemini, Pollux and Castor through ...

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 ...