Two planets that have shone brightly lately are Venus and Mars. Venus is brighter than Mars because of its thick, reflective cloud cover, which bounces a large amount of sunlight back towards Earth.

SINGAPORE - On Jan 16, people in Singapore will have the opportunity to witness Mars at its closest, brightest, and most vivid this year. The Red Planet will be in opposition, an astronomical term ...

Earth will sit directly between the sun and Mars That will make Mars the brightest it ever gets The view can be seen with a telescope or the naked eye It happens as the red planet reaches a point ...

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 ...

The astronomical event, known as Mars in opposition, occurs when Earth passes directly between the planet and the sun. During this time, Mars will be at its closest approach to Earth for the ...

and Mars will rise in the east. The addition of Mercury to the lineup on the 25th makes this event particularly noteworthy. According to NASA, “Planets in our solar system, when they are visible, are ...

The moon performed a cosmic ballet with Mars this week. On Monday evening (Jan. 13), the Full Wolf Moon passed in front of Mars in what's known as a lunar occultation, during which another ...

Do you have anything planned after work on Jan. 16, 2025? If not, you can catch Mars at its brightest anywhere in Singapore when the sky turns dark, or from around 8:30pm onwards on Thursday ...

Mars disappeared behind the full Moon for a little more than an hour Monday night, an event visible across most of North America and parts of Africa. So I grabbed my camera, ran outside ...

This means it will be positioned on the opposite side of the Earth from the sun, and the three will form an almost straight line in space. Mars oppositions don’t happen every year because of the ...

BOSTON - The highlight of the week is coming tonight in the night sky - the lunar occultation of Mars. First off, at 5:27 p.m. the moon will be officially full. The full January moon is known as ...