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. ET Monday but will appear ...

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 ...

For lucky stargazers in some parts of the world, it will also pass in front of the more-brilliantly-red-than-usual Mars in an event known as a lunar occultation. But that’s not all January’s ...

In a phenomenon called the occultation of Mars, the moon will pass directly in front of the red planet, temporarily hiding it from view for observers across large swaths of the Earth. Here's ...

Fans of Bruno Mars were left in shock upon discovering that the singer’s name isn't actually his given name. The 39-year-old behind hits like 'Grenade', 'The Lazy Song,' and 'Treasure,' cleared ...

Dec. 19, 2024 — A new study explores how variations in Mars' crustal thickness during its ancient history may have influenced the planet's magmatic evolution and hydrological systems.

On Monday night, we will see the highlight of the month, as the full wolf moon occults (covers) Mars. In this 2022 astropic, the full moon and Mars had a close encounter. This will be similar to ...

In a conversation with Alice Weidel, co-chairwoman of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, shared his perspective on the future of humanity, the importance of ...

A century ago, physics had its Darwinian moment — a change in perspective that was as consequential for the physical sciences as the theory of evolution by natural selection was for biology. An ...

On Jan. 14, 2005: The Huygens probe landed on Saturn's moon Titan after being carried from Earth by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. On Jan. 14, 2005, The European Space Agency (ESA) probe Huygens ...

This illustration shows a concept for multiple robots that would team up to ferry to Earth samples collected from the Mars surface by NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA ...