If you’re going to set a sci-fi movie on an alien planet, it’s a nice bonus if that planet actually exists. Or, at least, is ...

A space probe named Hera captured images of Mars' small Deimos moon while on a mission to examine an asteroid.

The results of Hera's fly-by could ultimately tell us whether Deimos is a captured asteroid or made from debris from a giant ...

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Space probe Hera passed Mars while on its way to the Didymos asteroid system as part of planetary defence mission.

A space probe named Hera captured images of Mars' small Deimos moon while on a mission to examine an asteroid.

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the weekend ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern ...

Uranus has 27 known moons, which are named after characters from the works of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope. Uranus takes approximately 84 Earth years to complete one orbit around the Sun.

Eyebrows were raised last week when it was announced that Alec Baldwin and his wife, Hilaria, were hosting the Planet ...

On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare ...

The Red Planet and its tiny moon Deimos were recorded at a very near distance as the asteroid-chasing spacecraft completed a flyby on Wednesday.