Computer simulations suggest that Mars' puzzling moons, Phobos and Deimos, may have been formed from debris created when a large asteroid wandered dangerously close to the Red Planet. This new ...

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 ...

Scientists simulated a situation that may offer an improved explanation for how the Red Planet ended up with small Phobos and ...

A new study into the origins of the two Martian moons tends to blends the two most popular explanations, supercomputers had a ...

A NASA study using a series of supercomputer simulations reveals a potential new solution to a longstanding Martian mystery: How did Mars get its moons? The first step, the findings say ...

The moon and Mars will share a close approach in the night sky tonight (Nov. 20), coming close enough together for a nice pairing for the naked eye or binoculars. As seen from the United States ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Computer simulations suggest that Mars' puzzling moons, Phobos and Deimos, may have been formed ...

We take from La Nature the annexed engraving of the planet Mars and its ... in the case of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, or relatively inverse, as in the case of the satellites of Uranus ...

The moon and Mars will fall in a rare conjunction tonight, the white waning gibbous and the rusty Red Planet making for a ...

ISRO has a series of ambitious space missions planned for the coming years, including Venus exploration, the Chandrayaan 4 ...

Asteroid 2024 PT5, Earth's temporary mini-moon, is about to return to orbiting the sun after two months in orbit. A new study ...