Six planets in the solar system have at least one moon. Both Earth and Mars are toward the lower end of the lunar count, as our home planet only has one moon, and Mars has two. But not all moons share ...

As an astronomer studying the universe beyond Earth, I’m fond of “outside the box” views almost by default. But one of my favorites is whenever a spacecraft takes a snapshot of our home world and the ...

On the evening of Jan. 13, there will be a very special kind of eclipse of the planet Mars by the Moon. This type of eclipse is called an occultation, which occurs when the Moon or other celestial ...

At 11 A.M. EDT, the Moon will pass 4° south of Mars in the constellation Virgo. Shortly after sunset, the Moon, Mars, and Spica (Virgo's brightest star) will be briefly visible low on the western ...

Phobos is the larger and innermost of Mars' two moons, and it's a fascinating celestial body. It's small, irregularly shaped, and orbiting just about 6,000 kilometers above the surface of the Red ...

Experts speculate a new Phobos mission could launch by 2030, leveraging advancements in propulsion and AI for safer trajectories. The Phobos-Grunt mission, Russia’s endeavor to explore Mars’ moon ...

The only way to create a sustainable program of exploring the moon and Mars with humans, beyond the initial flush of achievement, is by fully integrating science into our planning. We won’t be able to ...

The two small moons of Mars have puzzled scientists for decades with their strange shapes and uncertain origins. 54 shot, 7 dead, in Chicago amid Trump's threat to deploy National Guard Trump Wins ...

What if you could distill the essence of creativity into 25 distinct visual languages, each brimming with texture, rhythm, and emotion? Abstract art, with its boundless capacity for interpretation, ...

Phobos and Deimos, Mars’ two moons, are small, irregularly shaped objects that have baffled scientists. These moons’ origins and unusual orbits continue to fuel exploration and debate. D.C. residents ...

A recent poll conducted by CBS News provides an encouraging look into public support for the Artemis program to return astronauts to the moon and eventually send humans to Mars. Sixty-seven percent of ...