The Artemis 2 astronauts inspect their Orion spacecraft. Credit: NASA Since the recent presidential election, there’s been a flurry of speculation about the future of NASA’s Moon to Mars plans ...

Don't confuse it with Betelgeuse, the brightest star in the constellation Orion, which is to the right of Mars. Mars is now at its brightest for 771 days. That's because it has reached opposition ...

Colonising the red planet en route to creating “a spacefaring civilisation” has long been one of Musk’s driving ambitions — ...

Mars will be at its closest and brightest Jan ... are looking toward the Local Arm of our home galaxy (also called the Orion Arm, Orion-Cygnus Arm, or Orion Bridge)." ...

A Month of Bright Planets Venus blazes at its brightest for the year after sunset, then Mars and Jupiter to rule the night ...

If you turn east, you will see Jupiter shining brightly above Orion’s head. Mars will join the winter stars later in the evening. With the winter stars being so bright, it may be difficult to ...