Mars looks like it’s about to make a U-turn in the night sky – at least, from Earth it looks that way. Since Dec. 7, 2024, the red planet has been making its westerly retrograde. But on Monday ...

To see any detail on Mars, even at opposition, you'll need at least a medium-size telescope, an eyepiece that magnifies about 100x, and a night of good seeing (atmospheric stability). If the air ...

"If the moon and a planet are near Castor and Pollux you have an impressive show." From our earthly perspective, the moon and Mars will appear closest to each other at around 8 p.

The results of Hera's flyby could ultimately tell us whether Deimos is a captured asteroid or made from debris from a giant ...

MARS is set to appear its biggest and brightest for the next two years tomorrow night, as it reaches opposition with Earth. Opposition is when a planet moves to the same side of the Sun as the Earth.

Ingenuity proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that a helicopter can operate on another planet. Over 72 flights, the little ...

Mars has shone red in the night sky for as long as humans have gazed up at the cosmos, fascinating people from the ancient Romans to the present day. "The fundamental question of why Mars is red ...

Seven planets are aligning in the night sky this week, creating a brief chance to see a "planetary parade." Worldwide, the best day to see the alignment is today, Feb. 28. Mercury, Venus ...

Beginning in late February, seven planets will align in the night sky. But Uranus and Neptune may require a telescope to see. Mars SKY AT Viewed from above the solar system, the seven planets will ...

A spectacle for stargazers to admire will take place in the night sky this evening, March 8. Mars will have a close encounter with the moon. It comes after the Red Planet reached opposition in January ...