In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to go out and watch the Full Moon pass in front of the Red Planet. Astronomers call such an event an occultation. Pretty much anyone in the continental U.S.

Mars will seem to disappear behind the full wolf moon Monday for many sky-gazers. Throughout January, also look up to see ...

For those outside the Eastern Time Zone, the timing will vary slightly, but the Wolf Moon will dominate the night skies ...

January's full Wolf Moon will come between us and Mars. You can see the disappearance and the return.

The Red Planet reaches its best position all year this week on January 15. Here’s how and when to get out and see it.

Explore the major astronomical events of 2025, including meteor showers, Supermoons, New Moons, and Mercury's greatest ...

On Monday night you may have a chance to witness the moon obscuring the Red Planet at its brightest, as well as a comet’s ...

The moon will occult Mars in a rare astronomical event on Jan. 13, coinciding with the month's full Wolf Moon that peaks on ...

NASA’s Lucy mission will continue its journey to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, which share Jupiter’s orbit around the ...

Have you seen it? I’m talking about that super-bright and super-red “star” rising in the east in the early evening. That’s ...

An occultation of Mars by the Moon last occurred on Dec. 7, 2022. This photo, showing Mars just before it went behind the Moon, was taken during that occultation at PAC’s Paul Castle Observatory in ...