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 ...

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

Mars will reach a point in its orbit that astronomers call opposition. That evening, Mars will lie opposite the Sun from our ...

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

Rising just before sunset on Monday, January 13, the Full Wolf Moon will be up all night, tonight, and will slip below the ...

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

In the Bay Area, the event will begin around 6 p.m., shortly after both Mars and the moon appear above the horizon.

The Red Planet comes closest to Earth, disappears behind the Moon in an occultation, and finally reaches opposition in the ...

A 6-planet alignment or parade will form an arc in the early night sky, peaking in it's visibility Jan. 17-18. We let you ...

As soon as it gets dark, two bright lights become visible—the brightest in the southwest and an almost-as-bright light in the ...

This month, sky gazers can witness the ’parade of planets’, where all seven planets, excluding Earth, will align in the night ...