Next Week, Mars Gets Close to Earth

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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.

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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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