Actually, Phobos is the closest orbiting moon in the Solar System, going around the Red Planet in just seven hours. It has many peculiar surface features: one giant crater, a strange chain of ...

The Wolf Moon will reach its peak fullness at 5:27 p.m. Eastern Time on January 13. It will rise in the sky about an hour ...

The Red Planet will be at its closest point to Earth, also known as perigee, on Jan. 12 and will be exactly opposite the sun on Jan. 15. It will be visible all night long because it will rise with ...

This is a particularly fun month for viewing Mars. The red planet reaches opposition — when it's opposite from the sun, with Earth in the middle — by the evening of Jan. 16. It's the closest ...

Now, after Ingenuity's remarkable success, NASA is setting its sights on an even more ambitious aerial explorer for the red planet. Ingenuity's journey on Mars far exceeded expectations.

On Monday night you may have a chance to witness the moon obscuring the Red Planet at its brightest, as well as a comet’s closest approach to the sun. By Katrina Miller The first full moon of ...