The results of Hera's flyby could ultimately tell us whether Deimos is a captured asteroid or made from debris from a giant ...

The moons were aptly named after two twins from Greek mythology, the children of Ares (Mars) and Aphrodite (Venus). Phobos is the Greek god of fear and panic whereas Deimos is the personal god of ...

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 ...

Phobos and Deimos. The two lumpy worlds, discovered in 1877, are named for the sons and chariot drivers of the god Mars in Roman mythology. How the moons formed remains unsolved. One possibility ...

Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos, but scientists know relatively little about them, especially the smaller one, Deimos. Nearly all of the images they have of it were taken from the Martian ...

While on a flyby of Mars, Hera was able to use three of its imaging instruments to capture images of Deimos, the smaller ... of Mars' two moons and land on Phobos, the larger lunar body, to ...

This mission will collect data from Deimos as well as Mars’ other moon, Phobos, where it will eventually land and collect samples to bring back to Earth. The mission is anticipated for a 2026 ...

have already provided data and images from Mars orbit that have helped to observe the moons. However, there was no successful attempt to land on Phobos or Deimos to date. Little is known about their ...

With groups like NASA and the European Space Agency focusing largely on missions to explore Earth’s moon and Mars ... both the Martian moon Deimos as well as Phobos. Visiting the moons from ...