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

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Deimos is the smaller and less photographed of Mars’ moons. This egg-shaped object, only measuring about 7.7 miles in ...

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

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The Hera probe has swung around Mars, using the planet’s gravitational pull to fling itself toward its asteroid target.

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Martian moon Deimos seen crossing the face of Mars in this sequence of Thermal Infrared Imager images acquired during the Hera mission's gravity-assist flyby of Mars on March 12, 2025.