On Sunday (Jan. 12), the Red Planet will make its close approach of Earth at 8:32 a.m. EST (13:32 GMT). This event, known as ...

No matter how many missions to Mars she takes part in, the sheer joy of unearthing discoveries about the Red Planet never ...

Tonight and throughout January, stargazers can see a planetary alignment in the night sky or what some are calling a ...

Thanks to the parallax effect, the Moon's relative motion in its orbit around Earth ... to look. The red planet is currently about 250 times more distant than the Moon. As of Tuesday, Mars is ...

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 ...