Mysterious Mars moon captured in unprecedented images by space probe
A space probe named Hera captured images of Mars' small Deimos moon while on a mission to examine an asteroid.
Asteroid probe snaps rare images of Martian moon
For an hour, HERA flew as close as 5,600 kilometers from the Martian surface, at a speed of 33,480 kilometers an hour. It ...
European spacecraft got rare close-up of Mars' lesser-known moon
While the car-sized spacecraft flew around the Mars system, flight controllers on Earth temporarily lost communication with ...
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Tiny Mars moon Deimos gets a rare close-up, thanks to Europe's Hera asteroid probe (photos)
Europe's HERA mission has taken a good look at Mars and its moon Deimos on its way to explore the aftermath of the DART ...
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New photo of tiny and mysterious Mars moon
The European Space Agency's probe Hera snapped this image of the tiny and mysterious Martian moon of Deimos. The probe zipped by at 20,000 mph when it used a suite of instruments to capture the image ...
Hera Asteroid Probe Spots Mysterious Martian Moon During Flyby
The Hera probe has swung around Mars, using the planet’s gravitational pull to fling itself toward its asteroid target. During its brief rendezvous with the Red Planet, Hera caught a glimpse of the ...
Saturn now has 274 moons – but exactly what makes something a moon remains unclear
The number of known moons in our Solar System has been rising for centuries, but astronomers say it has probably peaked – for ...
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Hera asteroid mission takes stunning images of Mars’s moon Deimos
A mission to survey the results of a deliberate crash between an asteroid and a NASA spacecraft has taken stunning images of ...
European spacecraft captures rare images of Mars moon Deimos
On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare ...
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See the moon cozy up to a fading Mars on March 8
Saturday finds the moon in a waxing gibbous phase. Of all the phases that the moon goes through over 29.5 days, a waxing ...
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European probe swings past Mars, snaps stunning photos of elusive moon Deimos during asteroid mission
On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare ...