In the past couple of months there have been several celestial events that have dazzled the night sky. For those who may have ...

A space probe named Hera captured images of Mars' small Deimos moon while on a mission to examine an asteroid.

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Images from the Hera mission show the object in remarkable detail — a small island gliding above the crater-scarred Martian ...

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Mars' moon Deimos silhouetted against the red planet, which appears blue from an infrared image, as captured by ESA’s Hera spacecraft. Photo / AFP On the way to investigate the scene of a ...

A space probe flying past Mars captured images of the red planet's small, mysterious moon. While on a flyby of Mars, Hera was able to use three of its imaging instruments to capture images of ...

The images presented show Deimos set against a backdrop of the Red Planet below it as Hera flew within 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers) of Mars and just 621 miles (1,000 kilometers) of Deimos.