Following reports that NASA's Perseverance rover touched down on the surface of Mars on Feb. 18, many false images and videos claiming to depict the landing have surfaced on social media. One post now ...

We’ve seen photos of Martian sunsets before, but nothing quite as spectacular as these. Why are Martian sunsets blue? Long before Curiosity landed on Mars, the prospect of color photos made me dream.

Look to the western horizon to catch a fleeting glimpse of the thin crescent moon alongside the red glow of Mars on Aug. 26, set among the stars of the constellation Virgo. Mars will sit less than 10 ...

The Moon passes 4° south of Mars in Virgo at 11 A.M. EDT. The pair is briefly visible — along with Virgo’s brightest star, Spica — for a short time after sunset this evening. You’ll need to be fast, ...