from the sun. Its orbit is about 1.5 times the size of Earth's. Sunlight takes about 13 minutes to get to Mars, while it takes around 8 minutes to reach our planet. Past missions from Earth to the ...

This apparent change in direction is caused by the motion and positions of Earth and Mars as both planets orbit around the sun. Mars orbits the sun on a much more distant path than Earth.

Barnard’s Star is located just 6 light-years away from us. It is the closest single star to the Sun and the fourth closest star overall, after the three stars in the Alpha Centauri system. Just a few ...

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Theoretically, Sunbird's tremendous speeds could cut mission times to Mars in half, from seven to eight months to about four.

as part of IRF's Analyzer of Space Plasmas and Energetic Atoms (ASPERA-3), onboard the ESA spacecraft Mars Express and NASA's spacecraft MAVEN, both of which orbit around Mars. More information ...