The European Space Agency's probe Hera snapped this image of the tiny and mysterious Martian moon of Deimos. The probe zipped by at 20,000 mph when it used a suite of instruments to capture the image ...

Hera was using Mars in what is known as a gravity assist, both accelerating the spacecraft ... which may include shots of Phobos, the planet’s other moon. As with any planetary flyby, there were some ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) fires up three of the instruments on the Hera spacecraft and takes images of the smaller ...

A space probe flying past Mars captured images of the red planet's small, mysterious moon. While on a flyby ... of Mars' two moons and land on Phobos, the larger lunar body, to collect a sample ...

A new study revealed that atmospheric gravity waves play a crucial role in driving latitudinal air currents on Mars, particularly at high altitudes. The findings, based on long-term atmospheric ...

The mission’s flyby was used as a gravity assist to its final destination ... This mission will collect data from Deimos as well as Mars’ other moon, Phobos, where it will eventually land ...

The Hera mission spacecraft captured views of the ... miles of Mars, Hera used its gravity to adjust its course. Scientists would like to understand where Deimos and its partner Phobos came ...

Martian moon Deimos seen crossing the face of Mars in this ... during its gravity-assist flyby on March 12, 2025. | Credit: ESA Identifying the materials from which Phobos and Deimos are made ...

With groups like NASA and the European Space Agency focusing largely on missions to explore Earth’s moon and Mars, the Japanese ... sample from the Martian moon Phobos and sending it back ...

"But as we flew by Mars this gave us more than a thousand images that are absolutely breathtaking." Mars has two moons, named Phobos and Deimos ... meaning that like Earth's moon, it continually ...