The images, which were captured on Jan. 17 by one of two cameras onboard Curiosity, feature "noctilucent" or twilight clouds — clouds captured wafting so high up in the Mars sky that they are ...

The Night Sky This Week: February 19-25, 2024 The highlight for sky-watchers this week is undoubtedly the rise of the full “Snow Moon,” which just happens to be the smallest full moon of the ...

And some sky-gazers will be able to glimpse a cosmic magic trick when the moon appears to pass in front of Mars. The full moon will be at peak illumination at 5:27 p.m. Monday but will appear full ...

In contrast to 2018, Mars came no closer to Earth than 50.6 million miles (81.4 million km) in 2022, and next month it will get no closer than 59.7 million miles (96.0 million km) to Earth.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Mars and Jupiter are cozying up in the night sky for their closest rendezvous this decade. They’ll be so close Wednesday, at least from our perspective, that just a ...

Viewers in most of the continental United States, eastern Canada, and parts of Africa and Mexico can look for a celestial triangle in the sky when evening twilight ends at 6:11 p.m. ET. Mars will ...

Mars will seem to disappear behind the full wolf moon Monday for many sky-gazers. Throughout January, also look up to see Venus, Saturn and Jupiter in the night sky.