Have you noticed Mars has been getting brighter and redder in the past few months? On Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, Mars will make its closest approach to Earth since 2022 and enter its annual opposition ...

Look for them around 10 p.m. local daylight time, roughly one-quarter up in the western sky. In addition to their closeness ...

Mars will appear its biggest and brightest this month when it reaches its closest position to Earth while simultaneously being opposite the sun. The Red Planet will be at its closest point to ...

Mars made its closest approach to Earth on the night of November 30 to December 1, but the best views are yet to come as the planet reaches a point called opposition on the night of December 7 to ...

This week, 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. 15, Mars will reach a point in its orbit that astronomers call opposition. That evening, Mars will lie opposite the Sun from our perspective. It will rise at sunset, reach its highest ...

This month, Mars observers in the Northern Hemisphere will get a spectacle not seen in over a decade: The Red Planet will be near its highest point in the sky while close to Earth at opposition ...

It comes at a point when Earth sits directly between Mars and the Sun, called 'opposition' and is the planetary equivalent of a full Moon - When a planet is close to the Earth, and on the opposite ...

In addition, Mars recently reached what is called "perihelic opposition" on Aug. 3, 2020. Perihelion refers to the point in Mars' orbit when it's closest to the sun. Therefore, when Mars is ...