... Phobos: Doomed Moon of Mars . ... This moon is doomed. Mars, the red planet named for the Roman god of war, has two tiny moons, Phobos and Deimos, whose names are derived from the Greek for Fear and Panic. ... Curious Cometary Knots in the Helix Nebula . ... On April 12th, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alexseyevich Gagarin became the first human in space. ... At first he couldn t see the Moon . ... Stickney Crater . ... A Large Magellanic Cloud Deep Field . ... Is this a spiral galaxy? ... April . ...