If you’ve never seen the seventh planet, Uranus, here comes one of the easiest chances you’ll get. In the early hours of Monday, July 15, Mars and Uranus will be in conjunction, which is ...
Mars is about half the size of Earth. It has a radius of 2,106 miles, according to NASA.gov. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth and Venus are all bigger than Mars, while Mercury is smaller.
However, a nice tableau of a “half-Moon” near Mars on Thursday also brings a chance to use the red planet to find Uranus, the dim and distant seventh planet that just happens to be close by.
Oct. 7, 2024 — NASA's Curiosity rover, currently exploring Gale crater on Mars, is providing new details about how the ancient Martian climate went from potentially suitable for life -- with ...
Oct. 11, 2024 — NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and New Horizons spacecraft simultaneously set their sights on Uranus recently, allowing scientists to make a direct comparison of the planet from ...