Red Planet is yet another science-fiction film involving butch men in outer space led by a lone attractive woman in a tight vest. But as the woman is the talented Carrie-Anne Moss (of Matrix fame ...

Data collected by NASA's InSight lander suggest that ancient internal processes are responsible for the "Martian dichotomy" ...

It will rise in the east at 4:09 p.m. today. If you look up at the moon around 6 p.m., you will notice the "Red Planet" very close by, just a smidge to the lower left of the moon. But wait ...

That's when a planet and the sun are directly opposite each other with Earth in between. This celestial event happens about every two years for the red planet. Opposition is "around the time when ...

Mars reaches opposition Jan. 15, standing high in the south at midnight. Just days before, the Moon occults the Red Planet. Credit: Astronomy: Roen Kelly On the 15th, Mars will shine at magnitude ...

However, it will also do something spectacular when it covers up — or occults — the red planet, Mars ... but the best time to watch it rise will be moonrise where you are on Tuesday, Jan ...

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 ...

Data collected by NASA's InSight lander suggest that ancient internal processes are responsible for the "Martian dichotomy" that splits the Red Planet into two distinct halves. When you purchase ...