In addition to providing the best opportunity to see Mars at its biggest and brightest, this will be the best time for sending spacecraft to the Red Planet. Here's everything you need to know ...

Keep your eyes on Mars in our night sky next week. Our neighboring planet—the fourth from the sun in our solar system and approximately half the size of Earth—will look larger and brighter in ...

Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are four of the five "naked eye" planets, with only Mercury missing, while Neptune and Uranus will require a telescope to spot due to their huge distance from our ...

these images showcase what appears to be a snowy landscape in the Australe Scopuli region of Mars, near the planet's south pole. But the "snow" seen here is quite different from what we have on Earth.

In addition to providing the best opportunity to see Mars at its biggest and brightest, this will be the best time for sending spacecraft to the Red Planet. That's because Mars and Earth are ...

In January, you have the opportunity to take in four bright planets—Jupiter, Mars, Venus, and Saturn—in a single sweeping view each night. (Neptune and Uranus will also be there, but not ...

This month, Mars will shine brighter than at any time since December 2022 as it reaches a point astronomers call "opposition." That means skywatchers will have the best views of the Red Planet ...

On Jan. 13, bright Mars will disappear behind the full moon for several hours. It's the only lunar occultation of Mars visible from the U.S. this year. Here's how to get the most out of it.

For several decades, NASA has been committed to the exploration of planet Mars, and now scientists have decided to use nuclear fission energy as the main energy source for future manned missions.

A study published in Icarus explores the possibility that Mars’ moons, Phobos and Deimos, formed from asteroid debris torn apart by the planet’s gravitational forces. Researchers ran advanced ...

In addition to providing the best opportunity to see Mars at its biggest and brightest, this will be the best time for sending spacecraft to the Red Planet. Here's everything you need to know about ...

Plus, if you watch closely throughout the night, you may spot the planet Mars dip behind the Moon, only to re-emerge a short time later. In the early 20th century, the Maine Farmer's Almanac began ...