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 ...

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, ...

On Thursday 16 January at 1.17am (GMT), Mars will reach opposition. This means it will be positioned on the opposite side of the Earth from the sun, and the three will form an almost straight line ...

Within a few minutes, Mars rose farther above the Moon's horizon. Thanks to the parallax effect, the Moon's relative motion in its orbit around Earth appears significantly faster than the movement ...

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Planetary alignments aren't rare, but they can be when they involve six of the eight planets in our solar system.

Artist's rendering of a Mars lander that could retrieve Perseverance's samples and send them to Earth. (Credit: NASA/ESA/JPL-Caltech/GSFC/MSFC) ...

Additionally, Mars recently passed perigee on Jan. 12, its closest point to Earth in its orbit around ... skywatching events and more! "The city view from Vista View Park in Davie, Broward County ...

when Mars is directly opposite the sun in Earth's sky — meaning Mars will be at its biggest and brightest as it nears its closest point to Earth. This is the only lunar occultation of Mars that ...

No nation has yet delivered Mars samples to Earth, although China is working on plans to do so as early as 2031. Studying Martian rocks in person would allow scientists to conduct analyses much ...