MarsandUranusshared the same right ascension (the celestial equivalent of longitude) in the dawn sky yesterday (June 15), in an arrangement called aconjunction. The pair will still be close together in the pred
The Mars Pathfinder mission marked a groundbreaking moment in NASA's exploration of Mars, paving the way for future rover missions. Launched on Dec. 4, 1996, and landing on July 4, 1997, the mission successfully delivered the first rover, Sojourner, to theMartian surfacevia the Pathfinder la...
Now Venus is set to dance with the bright star Regulus on Sunday evening (July 21), while Mars and Jupiter have a date the following morning. This Sunday, look for Venus close to Regulus in the western sky just after sunset, in the constellation Leo (The Lion). Co-Founder of Google ...
The planet will not rapidly move location, or flash or blink. Anything doing that is a plane — keep hunting. The farther south you live, the higher Mars will climb. An observer in Florida will see Mars nearly halfway up the sky after midnight. And someone at the latitude of Sydney ...