It's possible that Mars' moons were originally asteroids that were captured by the planet's gravitational pull. There's also ...

Earth's moon orbits at an average distance of 384,400km (238,855 miles), but the scale of the impact that ultimately sparked its formation was much grander than the asteroid that formed Phobos and ...

Mars' Deimos moon, captured by NASA's Perseverance rover. NASA Once in ... Earth’s next door neighbor orbits at a far greater distance of about 238,855 miles (384,400 kilometers).

This month will usher in two separate conjunctions — one between the moon and a rarely-visible Mercury, and another between the moon and Mars.

Mars rises over the moon's horizon at the best possible time; Compared with our moon, ... A moon is defined as any naturally-formed body that permanently orbits a planet.