This composite illustration shows Neptune as seen from its moon Triton. Neptune's south pole is to the left; clearly visible in the planet's southern hemisphere is the Great Dark Spot. Credit: NASA. Fantastic fault lines and
Yesterday, the Houston Chronicle ran a story showing a picture from the Mars Curiosity rover, which has been exploring the fourth rock from the Sun since August 2012. As the rover moves over the Martian surface it deploys an arsenal of tools to examine
"The rover science team is also looking at the possibility that the bright spots could be sunlight reaching the camera's CCD directly through a vent hole in the camera housing, which has happened previously on other cameras on Curiosity and other Mars
Skywatchers will get a rare treat Tuesday night when Mars, Earth and the sun will be arranged in a nearly straight line. Every two years, Mars reaches a point in its orbit called "opposition," when the planet lies directly opposite the sun in Earth's
Tonight, the rover Curiosity may get to see a truly rare event: the closest thing Mars will ever experience to a Terran eclipse. Though we call such an event the Opposition of Mars, this is a typically human-centric view of the