Learn about Mars at opposition in January 2025, when the Red Planet is closest to Earth. Discover how to view it, key dates, ...

Like much of Mars, the butterscotch plain is inhospitable, empty, ancient, and, when it comes down to it, pretty dull. But a few hundred meters to the south, over a shoal of low, uneven hummocks ...

Mars has been born afresh in the human mind with each exploratory thrust. Now it was happening again under the astonished gaze of Ken Edgett as he sat at his computer, tucked away in a leafy ...

If you are fortunate to live in the occultation zone and the weather cooperates, this upcoming event is one that really ...

In the early hours of Monday, July 15, Mars and Uranus will be in conjunction, which is astronomical speak for being very close together in the night sky. Mars is going to be much brighter than ...

Were you watching on February 19 as the very excited men and women of NASA managed to land the newest invention, Perseverance, on Mars from their ... of amazing space facts as it wheels around ...

2025's first full moon will be the last of four consecutive supermoons, according to NASA. But it's a pretty eventful lunar ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. The fourth planet Mars will soon shine brighter than the night sky’s brightest star—Sirius—but during its entire ...

Deimos is Mars' outer moon. It's a tiny, irregularly shaped moon and smaller than Mars' other moon, Phobos. Despite being unspectacular, Deimos remains a fascinating mystery. Deimos is one of only ...