January’s full moon, the “Wolf Moon,” rose alongside Mars at its brightest, occulting it for a short period as seen from ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover is skygazing and photographing lovely examples of noctilucent clouds on Mars. The wispy formations ...

A new analysis of marsquakes measured by NASA’s InSight lander indicates Mars has a solid inner core – but other researchers ...

Amazing views of Jupiter over the years via the Hubble Space Telescope. The moons of Io, Ganymede and hazy Uranus can be ...

Every 26 months, the orbits of Earth and Mars allow us a closer look when Mars is at opposition — which will happen on Jan.

Tonight (Jan. 13), bright Mars will disappear behind the full Wolf Moon for several hours before reappearing on the other ...

The best time to view a superior planet is when it reaches opposition, according to The Naked-Eye Planets, a website ran by astronomy expert Martin J. Powell. This is partly because the planet's fully ...

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.

A NASA satellite has spotted frozen "kidney beans" on Mars' sand dunes trapped in place until springtime. Photographing them ...