Celestial Lineup Makes For A Very Bright Mars
Mars, Earth and the sun have lined up, a celestial orientation known as opposition. This particular opposition occurs at a time when the orbit of Mars takes it closest to the sun.
Every two years or so, the sun, Earth and Mars line up â and that's what is happening now. It's a celestial orientation known as Mars opposition. Leaving aside any significance this, from an astronomical point of view there's one thing you can say for sure about this Mars opposition: Mars will be brighter in the night sky than it's been for 15 years.
