Their spectral properties are similar to those of asteroids and different from those of Mars. With the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission, researchers hope to find an answer. Phobos completes one ...

However, there was no successful attempt to land on Phobos or Deimos to date. Little is known about their geological, mineralogical and geochemical properties. The Japanese space agency JAXA's MMX ...

Figuring out exactly how Phobos was born is one of the aims of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission, slated to launch in 2026. Sonia Fornasier ...

Mars is probably smaller than you think. It's just half the size of Earth, with barely a third of its mass. Even the Martian ...

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