Several other nations also have spacecraft headed to Mars. Miss seeing Mars Close Approach in 2020? The next Mars Close Approach is Dec. 8, 2022. Diagram shows the configuration of Earth ...

This month's night sky is filled with close-range meteors, swirling nebulas, and prime stargazing conditions. Here’s when you ...

But the moment did not mark Mars' closest approach to Earth. This Monday evening (May 30) at 5:35 p.m. ET, Mars will be the closest it has been to Earth since Oct. 5, 2005: 0.50321377 astronomical ...

Skwatchers will see both Mars and Uranus in the same field of view today using a pair of binoculars as the two planets make a close approach. Mars and Uranus shared the same right ascension (the ...

Mars orbits every 687 days. Due to this, the two planets reach their closest point to each other approximately every 26 months. The next close approach will be Dec. 8, 2022. But don't let the ...

Around the time when Mars is closest, even a 3-inch (8 centimeters) telescope can show dusky markings on its small, red disk, as well as the bright white of the polar cap. However, a telescope ...

Here’s how it works. Mars will make its closest approach to Earth in 15 years early tomorrow morning (July 31), and you can follow the historic encounter live online. The Griffith Observatory in ...

But the real star of tonight’s skies is the Red Planet, Mars. Earth’s neighbor makes its closest approach to us at 9 P.M. EST, reaching a point just 50.6 million miles (81.4 million kilometers ...

During the weeklong period between close approach and opposition, Mars will appear 17″ in diameter (17.2″ at maximum) and shine at magnitude –1.9 — just 0.6 magnitude dimmer than Jupiter ...

As the Earth overtakes Mars, we will approach our closest point to the Red Planet: on December 1, we will be a mere 0.545 astronomical units [51 million miles] apart, according to spaceweather.com.

Every 26 months, the two planets will ‘approach’ one another, as they line up with each other on their individual ellipses. This is called a ‘Mars Close Approach’ or ‘inferior ...