This highly anticipated celestial event, known as Mars opposition, occurs when Mars, Earth, and the sun align perfectly, placing Mars at its closest to Earth. The result is a dazzling display as ...

A new image has emerged of the Red Planet rising above the lunar limb after being occulted by the moon in January.

Did you know that Mars at opposition is a special time when Earth and Mars are closest? This happens when Earth passes directly between Mars and the Sun. At this point, Mars appears larger and ...

Earth and Mars routinely align in what astronomers call an opposition, with Earth in the middle and Mars and the sun on opposite sides. It occurs every two years, but only rarely when Mars is at ...

Curiosity’s Latest Discovery Working with the NASA Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover team, Ben Tutolo, Ph.D., an associate professor with the Department of Earth, Energy and Environment in the ...

It's a special image because, as well as the rare celestial alignment necessary for it to occur, it happened just a few days before Mars reached opposition. Opposition is when Earth is positioned ...