Mars shining like a red star in the night sky, alongside the blue-tinged star Regulus. These two celestial bodies, though ...

NASA’s Mars Orbiter is rolling 120° to help see beneath the surface - and it’s revealing clearer signs of ice, rock, and ...

On June 29th, skywatchers are in for a treat as the Moon and Mars will appear in a close conjunction, only 0.2 degrees apart, ...

NASA 's Curiosity rover captured this extremely wide snapshot as it traversed its extraterrestrial stomping grounds in Gale Crater this February. The agency has since converted that data into a ...

Mars appears low in our western sky for an hour or two after sunset.  Spotting it will be made easier if binoculars are used.

Skywatchers can catch a rare conjunction of the moon and Mars on June 29, appearing as a reddish "cherry" near a crescent ...

Mars has shone red in the night sky for as long as humans have gazed up at the cosmos, fascinating people from the ancient Romans to the present day. "The fundamental question of why Mars is red ...

Mars and the star Regulus delighted stargazers last week when they were seen side-by-side in almost the same brightness but ...

Starting around 9 p.m., look to the western sky for Mars. The bright star Regulus, in the constellation Leo, will help guide ...

Our night sky is getting lit up like a Christmas tree! Not only do we have all the bright stars and constellations of winter on the rise, but also three naked-eye planets: Venus, Saturn and Jupiter… ...

The ocean - known as Deuteronilus - would have existed roughly 3.5 to four billion years ago, a time when Mars had a thicker atmosphere and warmer climate, according to scientists.

Mars (see main story) is at its closest to Earth for two years on 12 January, with the Full Moon passing nearby on the night of 13 to 14 January: people in North America and western Africa will ...