One summer night in 1877, American astronomer Asaph Hall was looking through his telescope in Washington, D.C. Mars was at ...

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Mars and Venus will slowly separate in the evening sky as July progresses, appearing farther apart each night. By the end of the month, Venus will no longer be visible to evening stargazers since ...

Named for a sea goddess in Greek mythology, this classic main-belt asteroid orbiting beyond Mars was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth while working in London on March 1, 1854.

Mars is smaller than Earth, ... the "terror" and "panic" twins in Greek mythology whose parents were Ares and Aphrodite (Mars and Venus in Roman mythology).