Venus and Mars are due to merge into one in the skies for a brief moment later this month, in an uncommonly close approach of our two planetary neighbors. In the early hours of February 22, the two ...
As if this week wasn’t exciting enough with our dynamic and powerful full moon in Aries, we also have Mars and Venus adding more fuel to our passion-filled fires. Think of Mars and Venus as the ...
The dream of living on another planet has intrigued scientists, engineers, and explorers for a long time. Now, the dream is ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — After sunset this evening, the brightest planet of them all, Venus, and the red planet, Mars, will shine brightly in the western sky. Just look west after sunset, which is at ...
Late last year, Jupiter and Saturn treated skywatchers to a once-in-a-lifetime "great conjunction," when they were closer in the night sky than they had been since medieval times. And in January, our ...
If you want to build a little rocket to get off a little planet, [Rocket Lab is] probably a good place to start,' ...
A crewed mission to Mars is still many years out — if not decades. But as rocket technology makes massive strides, scientists are starting to wonder what the best way to get there could be. And one ...
You can watch three worlds practically hug each other in the night sky Monday and Tuesday (April4-5) if you get up a little early. Cloudy Venus, bright Mars and ringed Saturn will all get together ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The “Evening Star” and the “Red Planet”—the planets of love ...
On 13 April 1970, an oxygen tank exploded in the Apollo 13 Command and Service Module Odyssey, badly damaging the spacecraft 200,000 miles from Earth. NASA had no choice but to scrub the planned third ...