NASA's Perseverance rover has encountered another rock on Mars that has left scientists puzzled.
New images of the mysterious Martian moon Deimos were captured when the Hera mission activated its instruments past Earth for ...
The Hera probe has swung around Mars, using the planet’s gravitational pull to fling itself toward its asteroid target.
Martian moon Deimos seen crossing the face of Mars in this sequence of Thermal Infrared Imager images acquired during the Hera mission's gravity-assist flyby of Mars on March 12, 2025.
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According to the European Space Agency ... ESA says this flyby is the first time the instruments of “Hera” have been used for science, focusing on Deimos, Mars’ smaller moon.
This is a simulation of that flyby, with closest approach to Martian moon Deimos taking place at 12:07 GMT and Mars occurring ...
On Wednesday 12 March 2025 ESAs Hera spacecraft for planetary defence performs a flyby of Mars. The gravity of the red planet shifts the spacecrafts trajectory towards its final destination of the ...