This story was updated to correct inaccurate position of Mars and Earth. Mars will appear its biggest and brightest this month when it reaches its closest position to Earth while simultaneously ...

Fresh off the FireAid stage, Lady Gaga is gearing back up to grace the Grammy stage alongside Bruno Mars to perform a tribute to Los Angeles during Sunday night’s event. Rumors had been ...

Mars will make its closest approach to Earth this weekend while rising to its highest point in the night sky. On Sunday (Jan. 12), the Red Planet will make its close approach of Earth at 8:32 a.m ...

In the photo, taken in Sept. 2022 and publicly released in Dec. 2024, the dunes appear surprisingly motionless. Dunes on both Mars and Earth usually migrate as wind picks up grains of sand from ...

Year-round, whenever they’re above the horizon, they never cease to amaze. Mars, on the other hand, is easy to underappreciate because it appears small for much of the year, making it hard to ...

This week, Mars will shine brighter than at any time since December 2022 as it reaches a point astronomers call "opposition." That means skywatchers will have the best views of the Red Planet ...

The January full moon, also known as the wolf moon, will completely cover the red planet, Mars, but not before the red planet shines as bright as possible near the moon. When will Mars be ...

As they harmonized, Gaga and Mars appeared emotional. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. The performance followed a video detailing the destructive blazes and the structures ...

The rapid spin of this white dwarf, that is vampirically taking stellar matter away from a companion star, could be explained by its shrinking radius. While the white dwarf won't erupt in a ...

BOSTON - The highlight of the week is coming tonight in the night sky - the lunar occultation of Mars. First off, at 5:27 p.m. the moon will be officially full. The full January moon is known as ...

The moon will occult Mars in a rare astronomical event, coinciding with the month's full Wolf Moon that peaks on the same night TacioPhilip/Getty Point your eyes to the sky! The moon will occult ...

Mars is officially at its closest on Sunday, when its distance from Earth will shrink to just more than 96 million kilometres away. But any night this month should be considered prime viewing time.