There will be four visible planets in the evening sky tonight – Mars, Jupiter, Venus and Mercury. Venus and Mercury could be visible about 40 minutes after sunset, close to the western horizon.

On February 3, 2021, a rock from space slammed into Mars, carving a 21-meter-wide crater and sending seismic waves rippling across the planet. These waves traveled exactly 1,640 kilometers before ...

Seven planets are aligning in the night sky this week, creating a brief chance to see a "planetary parade." Worldwide, the best day to see the alignment is today, Feb. 28. Mercury, Venus ...

New radar data from the Zhurong rover strengthens the argument that Mars was once home to a vast, ice-free ocean. The discovery of sloping, sandy layers underground provides compelling evidence that ...

Skywatchers are in for a treat this week as seven planets - Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury, and Saturn will all be briefly visible in the evening sky. This phenomenon, known as a ...

Mars is easily identifiable in the night sky by its prominent red hue. Scientists know that the planet's colouring is due to rusted iron minerals that have been studied by a fleet of spacecraft ...

Six planets are currently gracing our night sky, forming an arc on our celestial dome just after sunset. From west to east: Saturn, Mercury, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars. But on Friday ...

Bell (Cornell University), and M. Wolff (Space Science Institute, Boulder)/Unsplash NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took this close-up of the red planet Mars when it was just 55 million miles away If ...

A rare celestial event featuring seven planets—Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—aligning along the ecliptic will be visible in 2025. The alignment starts on February ...

The full disc of Mars is seen with the polar ice caps slightly off-center to the top left and bottom right. Clouds wrap around the planet’s curved horizons. Dark surface markings are clearly ...