Meanwhile, Mars is at "opposition" this month. That's when a planet and the sun are directly opposite each other with Earth in between. This celestial event happens about every two years for the ...

That means the Sun and the "Red Planet" are directly opposite from each other with Earth in the middle. According to NASA, this is around the time when the planet is closest to Earth, making it ...

A vast alien planet has blistering winds racing around its equator at nearly 30 times the speed of sound on Earth. Lisa Nortmann at the University of Göttingen, Germany, and her colleagues used ...

Time magazine released its inauguration cover on Sunday ahead of Donald Trump's return to the White House, an animation of the incoming president shoving everything off the Oval Office Resolute ...

Though scientists aren't sure how the lithosphere came to be divided into plates, certain aspects of Earth's geology keep the plate tectonic engine chugging along. For a planet to sustain plate ...

These six planets form a breathtaking arc across the night sky, making up what is known as a ‘planet parade ... There are eight planets in the solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, ...

A new way of measuring structures deep inside Earth has highlighted numerous previously unknown blobs within our planet's mantle ... to become a journalist. He covers a wide range of topics ...

And there's a pretty decent chance you can see it. Called C/2024 G3 Atlas, the sub-zero icy space rock is set to be visible from planet Earth in the next week. First spotted back in April 2014 by ...

That’s because at opposition, Mars is about as close to Earth as it will get during this ... Just days before, the Moon occults the Red Planet. Credit: Astronomy: Roen Kelly On the 15th, Mars ...

Mars will appear its biggest and brightest this month when it reaches its closest position to Earth while simultaneously being opposite the sun. The Red Planet will be at its closest point to ...

It’s an apt expression for the planet Mars these days. With the red planet moving in for its closest approach to Earth for the rest of this decade, NASA officials are wishing it could be just a ...

Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will each take a star turn in the night sky in January (Mars will be its closest to Earth of the year ... "These multi-planet viewing opportunities aren't super ...