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.

(NewsNation) — Photos from the European Space Agency show a massive, lava-leaking scar on Mars larger than our own Grand Canyon. Dubbed the Aganippe Fossa, the 373-mile long crack in Mars ...

The first color aerial photo captured of the surface of Mars During NASA's Ingenuity helicopter's second successful flight on Mars, on April 22, it took color aerial photos of the planet's surface.

The images presented show Deimos set against a backdrop of the Red Planet below it as Hera flew within 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers) of Mars and just 621 miles (1,000 kilometers) of Deimos.

An updated Mars climate model reveals that the planet's regolith, or loose soil, has a significant capacity to adsorb water, particularly in mid- and low-latitude regions.