ESA's Hera mission flying by Mars. See views captured with its Asteroid Framing Cameras. Credit; ESA - European Space Agency ...

Now that the space program has reopened, NASA aims to launch astronauts to the moon in 2025 and to Mars by the late 2030s or early 2040s. Elon Musk predicts a crewed mission to Mars by 2029 and an ...

There's also a theory that the two moons were created after a large object collided with Mars, creating debris that formed the two lunar bodies, similar to how Earth's moon likely formed.

The Griffith Observatory in California had a great view of the Mars-Moon occultation. See the Red Planet slip behind the moon and re-emerge in this time-lapse. Credit: Griffith Observatory ...

Planets and moons have their share of familiar shapes, too, usually in the form of craters. Besides the aforementioned smiley faces on Mars, there’s also Mickey Mouse on Mercury ...