- Look up tonight: Mars and the moon come together after 11 p.m. https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2020/09/05/look-up-tonight-11-p-m-mars-moon-conjunction/5731988002/ 10 comments science
- Today marks the closest approach of Starman and the Tesla Roadster to Mars since launch. The Roadster will come within 5,000,000 miles (~20 Earth-Moon distance) of the red planet https://www.whereisroadster.com/close_approach/ 4 comments space
- Tomorrow marks the closest approach of Starman and the Tesla Roadster to Mars since launch. The Roadster will come within 5,000,000 miles (~20 Earth-Moon distance) https://www.whereisroadster.com/close_approach/ 19 comments spacex
- PSA: Not every "rock" in Mars or the moon is a rock. There are weird anomalies captured in images coming from Mars and the Moon. https://www.reddit.com/r/aliens/comments/6olmin/psa_not_every_rock_in_mars_or_the_moon_is_a_rock/ 10 comments aliens
- New NASA Spaceship comes together for 2014 test launch - Orion, which is designed to take humans to the moon, asteroids and Mars, could carry up to four astronauts http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=new-nasa-spaceship 12 comments space
- Mars is getting big and bright the coming week, as the sun, Earth and Mars line up close to a new moon on the night of Oct. 13. The event that happens about every two years is called "opposition" in astronomy terms: the sun and Mars on opposite sides of Earth. https://www.npr.org/2020/10/11/922856884/dont-miss-your-socially-distanced-date-with-mars 7 comments space
- NASA recently reported that a cloud of dust was surrounding Mars high above its atmosphere. The study ruled out Mars itself and its moons Phobos and Deimos as the sources of the dust and concluded that it must come from a larger dust cloud floating around between the planets in our solar system. https://theconversation.com/explainer-what-is-interplanetary-dust-and-can-it-spread-the-ingredients-of-life-50477 4 comments science