One summer night in 1877, American astronomer Asaph Hall was looking through his telescope in Washington, D.C. Mars was at its closest point to Earth in its orbit, and Hall had one question on his ...
At 4 P.M. EDT, the Moon will pass 1.3° south of Mars, appearing horizontally aligned with it post-sunset. The pair will reach a height of 15° in the western sky by 9 P.M. local daylight time, ...
As scientists get closer to putting humans on Mars, the need to understand why clocks tick faster on the red planet is more ...
When Earth is opposite Mars from the sun, it will appear full because you’re looking directly on the daylit side. But ...
At 11 A.M. EDT, the Moon will pass 4° south of Mars in the constellation Virgo. Shortly after sunset, the Moon, Mars, and Spica (Virgo's brightest star) will be briefly visible low on the western ...
The United States is rushing to put nuclear power reactors on the moon and Mars, and hopes to launch the first system by the end of the decade. A new NASA directive—first reported by Politico and seen ...
A recent poll conducted by CBS News provides an encouraging look into public support for the Artemis program to return astronauts to the moon and eventually send humans to Mars. Sixty-seven percent of ...