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

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

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

ESA's Hera spacecraft inaugurated use of its science instruments to image the smaller of the planet's two moons, Deimos.

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