Curiosity, a car-sized robotic rover featured in Destination: Mars, landed on the red planet in August 2012 ... The surface of Mars here looks just like the Mojave desert in California, but ...

appearing as a reddish star. But to catch the finer surface details, like its polar caps or darker regions, a telescope would be useful. However, the Red Planet will be visible only if the skies ...

The Moon meets the Red Planet’s rival in Scorpius, skims close to Saturn, and reaches New phase in the sky this week.