I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

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 ...

The Mars Express orbiter launched to the Red Planet. Twenty years later, ESA has delivered a high resolution color image of ...

As Mars approaches opposition this week, it will become a dazzling spectacle in the night sky. See it at its best now, or ...

Mars is known as the 'Red Planet.' Learn about its reddish hue, caused by iron oxide, its position as the fourth planet from ...

The new work suggests that the edge of the dichotomy was eroded back by hundreds of kilometers during the time when an ocean ...

Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars are all visible after sunset, but social media claims about it being a rare "planetary ...

NEW YORK — Six planets grace the sky this month in what's known as a planetary parade, and most can be seen with the naked ...

the individual planets should be easily spotted in amongst the stars after nightfall. Furthest east will be Mars which has a subtle rusty red or orange colour, while Venus is the brightest thing ...

Color images of the Red Planet captured by the Tianwen-1 orbiter have been released by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Credit: China Central T ...

It’s a term used by astronomers to describe when Earth, Mars and the Sun align. When this happens, Earth sits directly ...

The BBC reports that the six planets are already visible in the night sky, with one more bonus planet (Mercury) joining the ...