A Japanese-led mission is launching to explore Mars’ two mysterious little moons and determine how they formed — and unlock ...

NASA contributed to this first-of-its-kind mission that may help us understand how our solar system formed.

Discover how Mars' moons, Phobos and Deimos, hold secrets about our solar system's history. A new mission aims to unlock these mysteries with samples.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's spacecraft is expected to reach the Martian system in August 2027 and return samples ...

Although Phobos and Deimos may look like lumpy space potatoes, they’re actually moons of Mars. No one knows how they formed, ...

A Japanese spacecraft rocketed toward Mars on Tuesday on a quest to explore its mysterious moons and bring back samples. Five ...

The Earth got its moon when a small planet collided with our planet more than 4 billion years ago. This impact hurled molten ...

Japan is heading to Mars' mysterious moons. Here's how its ambitious mission could bring pieces of one back to Earth ...

NASA officials will give an update today (Oct. 15) on an upcoming Japan-led mission to send a spacecraft to Mars' two moons, ...

Currently, about 16,000 satellites are orbiting Earth, providing everything from GPS service and weather reports to phone ...

On October 20th its Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission lifted off from Tanegashima, an island in southern Japan. The ...

Astronomers have long puzzled over the origin of the two tiny moons whirling around Mars. Phobos and Deimos look like ...