False-color image of Martian moon Deimos

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Martian Moon Deimos Might Have Reshaped Itself and Its Orbit

A new study suggests that an early version of Mars’s smaller moon Deimos was pulverized by its own debris, explaining the moon's oddities.

Deimos is dark uneven rock with bright Mars landscape in the background

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Europe's Hera Mission Swings Past Mars, Sees Deimos

The Hera mission sent back unprecedented views of the Martian moon Deimos as a prelude to the mission's final destination: the asteroid Didymos.