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 ...

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

Hera spacecraft captured an extraordinary near-infrared image of Mars’ moon Deimos during a flyby of the Red Planet. This ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Red Planet beckons us toward it, and the day draws closer when humans will walk on its dusty surface, and the moons of Mars, Phobos & Deimos, may be our gateway to that future. Daytona 500 ...

In this interview, Harald Hoffmann, a planetary geologist at the DLR Institute of Planetary Research, reports on the current debate on the formation and future of the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos.

Phobos and Deimos, Greek for “fear” and “dread,” were named by American astronomer Asaph Hall in 1877. Hall named them after the sons of Ares, the Roman god of war and the counterpart to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mars has two moons, named Phobos and Deimos, but because Phobos is closer to Mars, it has been previously imaged by other spacecraft. "For Deimos, we don't have as many images as Phobos ...