Fresh from the excitement of this week’s Wolf Moon, there’s another treat in store for sky-watchers this week, with Mars ...
Mars will seem to disappear behind the full wolf moon Monday for many sky-gazers. Throughout January, also look up to see ...
Mars will appear its biggest and brightest this month when it reaches its closest position to Earth while simultaneously ...
This event happens just days before Mars reaches its brightest and most visible position in over two years. Mars will reach opposition on Thursday, January 16, aligning directly with Earth and the sun ...
Mars is a very identifiable planet with the unaided eye, and you may have already seen it in the night sky. When in opposition, it's closer to Earth, so naturally it's brighter. With the full moon ...
Since Mars will be near opposition when it has its lunar rendezvous, it will be shining at its very brightest for this current apparition; glowing at magnitude -1.3, just a trifle less prominent ...
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 ...