Water Bears Are Headed for a Martian Moon
Water bears, the tiny creatures that have already been proven to survive direct exposure to the vacuum of space, were slated for launch to a Martian moon this month. But…
View ArticleRussia's Phobos-Grunt Mission to Mars is Stuck in Earth Orbit After Engines...
A day after the successful launch of the Phobos-Grunt probe from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Russian mission handlers are already scrambling to save their spacecraft…
View ArticlePhobos-Grunt, Still Stuck in Orbit, Could Burn Up in the Atmosphere in January
It's now been almost a week since the launch of Russia's Phobos-Grunt spacecraft, and still mission handlers have received no communication from the interplanetary probe…
View ArticleWatch One Martian Moon Eat Another [Video]
The larger of Mars's two moons, the lumpy-shaped Phobos, is teensy, with a diameter less than one percent the size of our own moon's. Here, you can watch it eclipse the…
View ArticleBig Pic: A Martian Eclipse That Looks Like Googly Eyes
On August 17, life on Earth was fairly ordinary. It was a warm summer Saturday here in the northern hemisphere, a sunny day in which couples were married, beaches were lain on, books were read, and...
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Japan Wants To Dig Up Dirt On Martian Moons
Closeup Of Phobos From The Mars Reconnaissance OrbiterNASA/JPL-Caltech/University of ArizonaIn 2010, Hayabusa became the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid, collect samples, and return them to...
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Mars's Moon Phobos Is Falling Apart
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of ArizonaPhobosThe lines along Mars' moon Phobos may indicate that it is getting pulled apart.You'd think that something as solid as a moon would be around forever. But...
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Falling Phobos Will Eventually Put A Ring Around Mars
Tushar MittalIllustration of rings around MarsGravity is pulling Mars' largest moon, Phobos, to its doom.As Phobos slowly inches toward Mars, the planet's gravity tugs on the moon's crust, distorting...
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