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Mars at opposition will meet up with the full moon next week (Dec. 7). Here's how to see it

In fact, the moon will turn full at 11:08 p.m. EST (0408 GMT on Dec. 8) followed by Mars arriving at opposition to the sun just 87 minutes later. This will result in an almost perfect alignment in space of the sun, Earth, moon and Mars.

Astronauts prep to install new solar array outside International Space Station

Spaceflight Now

Spaceflight Now

NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio will put on their spacesuits Saturday and head outside the International Space Station for a spacewalk to install and unfurl a new roll-out solar array recently delivered by a SpaceX cargo ship.

Watch 2 NASA astronauts conduct spacewalk on Saturday

Two NASA astronauts will conduct a spacewalk Saturday (Dec. 3) to install new solar arrays on the International Space Station (ISS), and you can watch the action live. Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio are scheduled to step outside the ISS at 7:25 a.m. EST ...

NASA's Viking 1 may have landed at the site of an ancient Martian megatsunami

Viking 1 captured a color photo of its Martian landing site on July 21, 1976, the day after touching down, showing a surprisingly rocky view of the surface. NASA.

Astronauts will give the space station a power boost during Saturday spacewalk

The first two rollout solar arrays were installed outside the station in June 2021. The plan is to add a total of six iROSAs, which will likely boost the space station's power generation by more than 30% once all are operational.

NASA Begins Cosmic Tomato Experiments on ISS

Two tomatoes and a head of garlic are photoshopped onto a background of space. The. Thanks to NASA's Veggie endeavor, we may have a full-blown space restaurant one day. Getty ...

Space Flash Revealed as Black Hole Spewing the Light of 1000 Trillion Suns

The supermassive void's extreme jet is pointed toward our planet. But don't worry, it's 8.5 billion light-years away. Monisha Ravisetti headshot.

A Space Flash Detected in February Was a Black Hole Devouring an Unassuming Star

On February 11, a star approached a supermassive black hole and subsequently was shredded by the intense gravitational forces. From Earth, scientists observed the event as a distant flash of light. Now, researchers have determined that the bright flash ...

A Surprising Amount of Magma Is Under Yellowstone's Supervolcano

One of the magma reservoirs underneath the Yellowstone Caldera, a huge crater and supervolcano, holds more liquid molten rock than scientists previously estimated, suggests new research published Thursday in the journal Science. The amount of ...

James Webb telescope turns gaze to Saturn's strange moon Titan

Astronomy Magazine

Astronomy Magazine

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured new images of Saturn's largest moon, Titan. The views not only highlight surface features like the methane sea Kraken Mare and the dark sand dunes of Belet, they also reveal two large clouds shrouding ...