Mars has two small, potato-shaped moons, called Phobos and Deimos ... and it has sent back beautiful pictures, and even sounds from the surface. Many other missions, both past and present ...

A ghostly Martian moonrise, starlit skies, and a mission chasing life’s traces—Perseverance captures more than just images.

But have you ever paused to wonder what other moons might look like from the surfaces of other planets in our solar system? NASA’s Perseverance rover, which has been exploring Mars since ...

NASA has explored Mars through the use of unmanned orbiters, rovers and satellites since the 1960s. In fact, scientists at NASA are currently working to transport samples from the red planet ...

In the Martian dawn's stillness, time moved more slowly. The Jezero Crater slumbered, shrouded in gentle shadows. No crowds or mayhem—only one machine, alert and vigilant. At precisely 4:27am ...

"But as we flew by Mars this gave us more than a thousand images that are absolutely breathtaking." Mars has two moons, named ...

At Ars Technica, we’ll take a different route, finding inspiration from very real ... moons, Phobos gets more attention, including as a possible waystation for human missions to Mars.

It’s been long thought that Mars shines red due to the rusted iron minerals within the dust that covers the planet — but a study published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications suggests ...

Mars’ moons could be the remains of an ill-starred asteroid that got too close to the Red Planet. A shredded asteroid origin could help explain mysterious features of the small, odd-shaped moons ...

A thermal camera built at Arizona State University is on its way take readings on Europa, one of Jupiter's moons. To test the camera and its readings, the NASA mission detoured to Mars ...