New research reveals that Earth and Mars lost essential elements due to violent cosmic collisions, not early planetary formation processes ...

Jupiter and Mars will appear to make ultraclose approaches to the moon on two nights this week. Here's how to get the best ...

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 ...

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, ...

This happens when Earth passes directly between Mars and ... Best Locations and Times to View Mars at Opposition Mars is currently in a prime position for observation as it approaches opposition ...

The enchanting dunescape stretches over 43 miles (70 km) along the coast and over 30 miles (50 km) inland. Lençois translates ...

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 ...

In a celestial event known as a great alignment the five planets will be discernible with the naked eye, but to see Neptune ...

"It is possible that asteroid 2024 YR4 will fade from view before we are able to entirely rule out any chance of impact in ...

One of these chunks of Mars eventually crashed into the Earth and is one of the few meteorites ... Oct. 11, 2024 — A collection-based survey of lichen species at the Mars Desert Research Station ...

Though it's a cold, dead planet, Mars still has its own natural beauty about it. This image shows us something we'll never see on Earth. Mars has only a thin, tenuous atmosphere, and most of it (95%) ...

However, NASA isn't sure how to get these samples back to Earth for analysis. The original Mars Sample Return Program called for collecting the Perseverance samples by 2033, but delays and ...