This has been a most interesting year to follow Mars. If you've been monitoring the Red Planet since the start of 2025, you have no doubt noted the dramatic change in its brightness as well as the ...

If you spied a fiery red star close to the full moon earlier this month, it was actually Mars shining its bright red light in the night sky. The planet will be visible at night throughout October, ...

In early October, something incredible happened in our Solar System. The third confirmed interstellar object, known as 3I/ATLAS, made a close flyby of Mars. Interstellar objects are space rocks or ...

We've discovered a lot of strange things on Mars, but thus far, conclusive proof of life on the red planet has eluded us. Now, however, NASA has come as close as it ever has to confirming that Mars ...

The new moon on Aug. 23 at 2:06 a.m. EDT (0606 UTC) is also a black moon, defined as the third new moon in a season that will see four new moons. Three days later, the moon will make a close pass to ...

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Now's the time to catch Mars in the night sky. The red planet is making its closest approach to Earth in 15 years. The two planets will be just 35.8 million miles (57.6 ...

Mars will put on a show in the second half of this month. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. This has been a most interesting year ...