The Moon and Mars will appear just a short distance away from each other on Wednesday night. NurPhoto via Getty Images The Red Planet and the Moon will be roughly 4 degrees apart on Wednesday evening.

The crescent moon will be visible 20 degrees above the western horizon at sunset on July 28, with Mars appearing as a bright ...

Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes ...

A conjunction between a crescent moon and Mars joins an ongoing display of 'shooting stars,' making July 28 one of the best ...

Stargazers in the U.S. will find the slender form of the crescent moon roughly 20 degrees above the western horizon right at sunset on Saturday. The following hour will see Mars and the bright star ...

During the latter part of June, Mars will put on a couple of eye-catching shows, teaming up first with a bright star and then, late this month, with the moon.

NASA's Mars Curiosity rover captured an image of both its moon Phobos and Earth in the Martian night sky. The space agency's robot is currently ascending Mount Sharp.

Visible on the planet itself is a dark patch near the top, marking the frigid northern polar cap, where temperatures dip to ...

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out on the evening of July 28 and observe a close ...

A new study from NYU Abu Dhabi has found that high-energy particles from space, known as cosmic rays, could create the energy ...

It's possible that Mars' moons were originally asteroids that were captured by the planet's gravitational pull. There's also ...

The Moon passes 1.3° south of Mars at 4 P.M. EDT and sits horizontally in line with the Red Planet after sunset this evening. By 9 P.M. local daylight time, the pair is 15° high in the west, both now ...