Earthsky Tonight – January 28, 2010: Does Mars

Courtesy of EarthSky A Clear Voice for Science www.EarthSky.org Tonight, the planet Mars will be at at its biggest and brightest until the year 2014. Does that mean that Mars will be as large as the moon tonight? Check it out for yourself. This evening, look to the lower left of tonight’s almost-full waxing gibbous moon for a ruddy-colored “star.” That “star” is actually Mars, the 4th planet outward from the sun, shining most brightly in Earth’s sky for ... Full Story