Perhaps you’ve already noticed the dazzling red dot dancing in the night sky. That’s Mars, our planetary neighbor. And for the past few weeks it has been growing brighter as it slowly approaches a ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS made its closest pass to Mars on Oct. 3, and Red Planet spacecraft were ready for it. The Nasa-funded ATLAS survey telescope in Chile first observed the comet on July 1, ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Now's the time to catch Mars in the night sky. The red planet is making its closest approach to Earth in 15 years. The two planets will be just 35.8 million miles (57.6 ...

The arrival of an interstellar comet is a truly momentous astronomical event, but witnessing one up close, from the orbit of another planet? That is the stuff of science fiction. Yet, this remarkable ...

A huge solar storm struck Mars in 2024, supercharging its upper atmosphere and briefly disrupting spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet.