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The best time to catch Mars and Regulus — known as the "Heart of the Lion"— will be just after twilight fades and the stars ...

As April opens, Mars stands 70° high in the southern sky in Gemini an hour after sunset. It shines at magnitude 0.4 on the 1st, brighter than either of Gemini's brightest stars, Castor and Pollux.

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this feather-shaped iridescent cloud just after sunset on Jan. 27, 2023, the 3,724th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Studying the colors in iridescent ...

Mars rises in the east at dusk and is easy to spot due to its brightness and distinctive color. On Monday night, we will see the highlight of the month, as the full wolf moon occults (covers) Mars.

Mars and Regulus currently appear very close to one another. This conjunction peaked on June 17, when the pair was less than one degree apart, which is equal to around 1.5 times the diameter of ...

The highlight of the month is the opposition of Mars late on Jan. 15. It peaks at magnitude –1.4, as bright as Sirius. Mars starts January in Cancer and wanders west, entering Gemini by the 12th.

Mars rises around 11:00 p.m. local daylight time on the 1st. By the end of the month, the Red Planet rises at 8:30 p.m. local time and stands 40° high in the eastern sky at local midnight.

Following the 7-planet alignment, Mars will be visible in the sky in March. Here's everything you need to know about this cosmic spectacle and how to watch it.

The elongated loop in the sky that Mars describes from Autumn 2024 to Spring 2025. Mars normally travels from west to east (right to left), but on Dec. 7, it seemed to pause and then loop to the ...

Jupiter and Mars, along with a crescent moon, rise in the predawn sky behind One World Trade Center in New York City on March 18, 2020. Gary Hershorn/Contributor/Getty Images ...