Phobos, the larger of Mars’ two moons, is slowly spiraling toward the planet. Scientists explore whether saving this doomed ...

As well as this, close-up images of the moons show Phobos has peculiar 1-kilometer (0.6-mile) long grooves running across its surface, as well as being covered in loose regolith (rock and dust).

Phobos-Grunt - 'grunt' is a Russian word for 'soil' - also includes a small satellite built by China. Yinghuo-1 will ride piggyback with Phobos-Grunt and then be released for an independent study ...

In a remarkable moment during its journey toward Jupiter, NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft managed to capture a stunning ...

Phobos 1 and Phobos 2 were launched within 5 days of each other in July 1988. Phobos 1 lost communications due to a software glitch that September, but Phobos 2 had better luck and made it all the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. An image of Mars' moon Phobos, taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment ...

Phobos --- the enigmatic, oddly-shaped Martian moon --- could serve as an eventual pit stop for human missions to the Red Planet. That’s, of course, contingent on future Mars exploration ...