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On Jan. 27, the red planet will be the closest it gets to Earth during the current opposition.
Of course, 62 million miles isn't exactly right around the corner, but at its brightest, Mars will rival the visual magnitude of the night sky's most luminous star, Sirius.See the full content of this document
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Next Week, Mars Gets Close to Earth
Since Mars' record opposition of late August 2003 when it reached just under 35 million miles distant, all kinds of Mars-related activity has taken pl...
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