Have you ever heard of—or even seen—red lightning? These are not animated characters but real atmospheric phenomena known as ...

Barnard's Star is a small, dim star of the type that astronomers call red dwarfs. Consequently, even though it is one of the ...

A recent study of data from multiple missions shows the Red Planet may get its name from an iron mineral that formed when ...

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With new data coming in from Mars, scientists have a new theory about why the planet is red. What does this mean for whether ...

Mars has always captured human imagination with its striking red hues and mysterious landscapes. Recent images from NASA’s ...

Observers can expect optimal conditions for spotting the Red Planet at its brightest and observing its major features with a telescope. Do check local weather and visibility times to maximize the ...

It can be readily seen at 21:00 UTC (2:30 AM IST), set high in the southern sky. The Red Planet will continue to brighten on through early March but will increasingly fade as the month wears on.

Red Planet is a lavishly produced sci-fi adventure starring Val Kilmer and Carrie-Anne Moss (the girl from The Matrix) as part of a team sent to investigate Mars as a possible new home for humanity.

It’s a well-known fact that Mars is a red planet. But for hundreds of years, people have wondered what gives the planet its unique reddish hue. Scientists at the University of Bern and Brown ...