Have you noticed Mars has been getting brighter and redder in the past few months? On Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, Mars will make its closest approach to Earth since 2022 and enter its annual opposition ...

This accelerated timeline would require substantial additional propellant. SpaceX’s Starship is designed for rapid refueling in Earth orbit, potentially allowing for higher-energy, faster transfers to ...

Within a few minutes, Mars rose farther above the Moon's horizon. Thanks to the parallax effect, the Moon's relative motion in its orbit around Earth appears significantly faster than the movement ...

The “asteroid” wasn’t a space rock after all. It was a cherry-red Tesla Roadster that Elon Musk launched into space to much ...

The Sun is the center of orbit for every planet in the Solar System. The Earth, at times, finds itself in a direct line of sight between the Sun and another planet during these orbits. Mars will ...

17. The gathering coincides with Mars moving closer to Earth’s orbit than it has since 2022. The family-geared activities at the Bay City facility will include hands-on activities ...

Once the samples are collected using either option, NASA will use a small rocket system to send them into Mars orbit and bring them to Earth using an ESA (European Space Agency) spacecraft.