If you plan to observe Mars through a telescope, there are a few tips to make the most of your stargazing experience. At first, Mars can seem like just a faint dot in the sky, but with the right ...

I f you've ever looked at Mars through a telescope, you probably noticed its two polar ice caps. The northern one is made largely of water ice—the most obvious sign that Mars was once a wetter ...

Bill Remmers has been looking through telescopes for more than 50 years, but he’s rarely seen a heavenly body look as striking as Mars did last weekend. “It was an absolutely wonderful sight ...

Get closer to our solar companions with the best telescopes for seeing planets, just in time for February's fantastic planetary parade. Want to focus your stargazing on our cosmic neighbors, from ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has detected the largest organic compounds ever found on Mars, while the James Webb Space Telescope ...

With one planet moving faster than the other, Mars' brightness will descend from magnitude -1 to -0.3, with its size through a telescope also shrinking slightly, Space.com reported. A celestial ...

The redness of Mars has made the planet one of the most recognizable in the solar system with its hue serving as a topic of debate in planetary science. A recent study by Brown researchers found the ...

When Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli peered at Mars through a powerful telescope in the late 1800s, he observed dark channels raked across its surface. These features became the key ...

Of all the phases that the moon goes through over 29.5 days ... By then, most amateur telescopes won't be showing any substantial detail on Mars; in fact, by the end of April its apparent diameter ...

If you plan to observe Mars through a telescope, there are a few tips to make the most of your stargazing experience. At first, Mars can seem like just a faint dot in the sky, but with the right ...

There’s nothing more exhilarating than catching a glimpse of outer space, especially if you’re a fellow stargazer! Mark your calendars, because with March well underway, now’s the perfect time to look ...