Proponents of going to Mars see peril and opportunity in Elon Musk's close relationship with Trump. Experts say just getting ...

But the distance between Earth and Mars is constantly changing as they orbit the sun. In theory, the closest that Earth and Mars would approach each other would be when Mars is at its closest ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit before shoving four of the solar system's planets onto a different course.

Testing new crew exploration craft to return Americans to the moon by 2020 would then begin, with a goal of using the lunar surface as a launching point to Mars and beyond. The Bush plan ...

Should it continue the Artemis program and establish a lunar base, or shift its focus directly to Mars? While using the Moon ...

Take advantage of a special 6-7 planet alignment from Earth's perspective. Planets 'line up' in the skies over California in ...

And some sky-gazers will be able to glimpse a cosmic magic trick when the moon appears to pass in front of Mars. The full moon ... in the sky because they all orbit the sun in a mostly flat ...

The gathering coincides with Mars moving closer to Earth’s orbit than it has since 2022. The family-geared activities at the Bay City facility will include hands-on activities, demonstrations ...

Photo: NASA JPL Up in orbit, the spacecraft ... of writing there is no info on what path the agency will choose in this respect. The earlier plans of the Mars Sample Return mission called for ...