The Red Planet will be at its closest point to Earth, also known as perigee, on Jan. 12 and will be exactly opposite the sun on Jan. 15. It will be visible all night long because it will rise with the ...

Mars is in opposition through the entire month of January, meaning it will be directly opposite the Sun from Earth and will ...

On Sunday (Jan. 12), the Red Planet will make its close approach of Earth at 8:32 a.m. EST (13:32 GMT). This event, known as perigee, causes Mars to appear bigger and brighter in the sky than usual, ...

(Though in reality, there are hundreds of millions of miles between them.) Meanwhile, Mars is at "opposition" this month. That's when a planet and the sun are directly opposite each other with Earth ...

During its opposition, Mars also gets the sun's full glare, as seen from Earth. That makes the Red Planet's surface features more easily observed by amateur astronomers and astrophotographers ...

But every 26 months, the orbits of Earth and Mars allow us a closer look at the Red Planet when Mars is at opposition — which will happen on the night of Jan. 15 this year. In the early evening ...

Starting up again Saturday, a sweeping view of our solar system will glow in the night sky. The planetary alignment, or a ...

Mars reaches opposition Jan. 15, standing high in the south at midnight. Just days before, the Moon occults the Red Planet. Credit: Astronomy: Roen Kelly On the 15th, Mars will shine at magnitude ...

A parade of planets will be visible to skywatchers around the globe through the rest of this month and into February.

These two planets are visible in the southwest sky.Mars is currently at opposition from the Sun. That means the Sun and the "Red Planet" are directly opposite from each other with Earth in the middle.