There was a straight shot from Earth to the Moon and Mars last night
So I grabbed my camera, ran outside, and looked up just as Mars was supposed to emerge from the Moon's curved horizon. Seen with the naked eye, the Moon's brightness far outshined Mars, casting soft shadows on a cold winter evening in East Texas.
From windswept craters to frigid ice caps, explore Martian landscapes through the eyes of NASA’s orbiters, probes and rovers ...
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 ...
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See mighty Mars at oppositionEvery 26 months, the orbits of Earth and Mars allow us a closer look when Mars is at opposition — which will happen on Jan.
An exploding budget and an unraveling schedule spell disappointment for NASA's mission to learn more about Mars's history.
It's called an occultation, and it doesn't happen frequently. Here's how to see the dance between the full moon and Mars ...
One hundred people were due to take a one-way trip to Mars in 2023 — and, while some experts say it was a suicide mission, ...
Unlike the dunes on Earth which are constantly in motion, the kidney bean-shaped dunes on Mars appear surprisingly motionless ...
MARS is set to appear its biggest and brightest for the next two years tomorrow night, as it reaches opposition with Earth.
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