Russia’s troubled Phobos-Grunt spacecraft, which is stuck in low-Earth orbit due to an engine failure rather than on its way to Mars, appears to be doomed, with small pieces of the wayward probe ...

Russia’s troubled Phobos-Grunt spacecraft, which is stuck in low-Earth orbit due to an engine failure rather than on its way to Mars, appears to be doomed, with small pieces of the wayward probe ...

Scientists now have firm indications that the martian satellite Phobos formed relatively near its current location via re-accretion of material blasted into Mars’ orbit by some catastrophic event. Two ...

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 strategies.

The doomed Martian moon Phobos, which is on a slow death spiral above the Red Planet, may hold some secrets about how Mars was formed. The moon's orbit of Mars — gradually degrading over the eons — ...

Artist’s concept of Japan’s Mars Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft, carrying a NASA instrument to study the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos. The mission should contain a sample return component, and ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Mars is lucky enough to have two confirmed moons, and both have some ...

Can living organisms survive a terribly harsh, years-long trek to Mars’ moon Phobos and then back to Earth? That’s the question asked by the Planetary Society’s Living Interplanetary Flight Experiment ...

The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, run from the University of Arizona, has produced a new color stereo view of Phobos, the larger and inner of Mars’ two tiny moons. The HiRISE camera ...