"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.

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

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 ...

ISAE-SUPAERO is actively collaborating in the international Hera probe program through the research work of Naomi Murdoch and the SSPA team. The probe, which is en route to study the asteroid ...

The night sky in April 2025 will include a spectacular crescent moon near Jupiter and Mars, the Lyrid meteor shower, and the ...

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 ...

An asteroid-chasing spacecraft just swung past Mars on Wednesday. As it zipped by, it took hundreds of shots of the Red Planet, as well as several snaps of Deimos, one of the two small Martian moons.

A new perspective on the fabric of reality ... It could also photograph the side of the moon that is tidally locked away from Mars, which is less commonly captured. The initial concept behind ...

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 ...