Hera spacecraft captured an extraordinary near-infrared image of Mars’ moon Deimos during a flyby of the Red Planet. This marks the first use of Hera’s science instruments, providing a detailed view ...

"If the moon and a planet are near Castor and Pollux you have an impressive show." From our earthly perspective, the moon and Mars will appear closest to each other at around 8 p.

The Red Planet and its tiny moon Deimos were recorded at a very near distance as the asteroid-chasing spacecraft completed a ...

Back in 1969, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first set foot on the moon, scientists knew of just 31 other moons in our ...

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 ...

Deimos is the smaller and less photographed of Mars’ moons. This egg-shaped object, only measuring about 7.7 miles in diameter (12.4 kilometers), is tidally-locked with the Red Planet making it often ...

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A stunning view of Deimos, as captured by Hera ... ESA’s Hera mission scientist Michael Kueppers said in a statement. Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos. Deimos is a tiny little guy ...

After sunset on April 2, look for the crescent moon and Jupiter in the western sky. The duo will appear within a palm’s width ...

Article continues below Space.Com says that from our Earthly perspective, 8pm Eastern Time (1am UK) will see the Moon and Mars appear closest to each other, with Mars slipping about 1.2 degrees ...

Within the next decade, space agencies plan to bring samples of rock from Mars to Earth for study ... also took place with samples from the moon landings. A green laser then picks up signals ...