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It will be visible in the constellation Gemini and will appear in the eastern part of the sky as night falls shortly after sunset (around 3:00 UTC per EarthSky.org, AKA 10 p.m. EST) and then be in ...
The zodiac constellations of Mars's ecliptic are almost the same as those of Earth — after all, the two ecliptic planes only have a mutual inclination of 1.85° — but on Mars, the Sun spends 6 days in the constellation Cetus, leaving and re-entering Pisces as it does so, making a total of 14 zodiacal constellations.
A person shines a flashlight into the night sky on Feb. 3, 2025. (Photo by Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images) Social media has been abuzz about the ongoing alignment of planets, with ...
The InSight Mars lander has turned out to be a gift that keeps on giving. Even though its mission ended late last year, the data sent back to Earth by the lander has continued to provide new and ...
The history of Mars observation is about the recorded history of observation of the planet Mars. Some of the early records of Mars' observation date back to the era of the ancient Egyptian astronomers in the 2nd millennium BCE. Chinese records about the motions of Mars appeared before the founding of the Zhou dynasty (1045 BCE).
Extra-close oppositions of Mars happen every 15 to 17 years, when we pass between Mars and the Sun around the time of its perihelion (closest point to the Sun in orbit). The minimum distance between Earth and Mars has been declining over the years, and in 2003 the minimum distance was 55.76 million km, nearer than any such encounter in almost ...
What's less common is seeing so many bright planets at once. ... and more. On the right is the once-in-a-lifetime appearance of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) that was visible to the naked ...
More recent observations indicate that Mars' south pole is continuing to melt. "It's evaporating right now at a prodigious rate," says Michael Malin, principal investigator for the Mars Orbiter Camera. [11] The pits in the ice are growing by about 3 meters (9.8 ft) per year.