The planet Mars will outshine the even brightest stars in the sky tonight, and if you miss the opportunity to see it you’ll have to wait nine years for it to glow this brightly again.
The planet’s super-bright reddish glow will be the result of two factors working in tandem:
1 – With its current distance of a mere 55.5 millions miles from earth, it is extremely close to us as heavenly bodies go, and…
2 – Mars will be located directly opposite the sun in relation to the earth. In this state of ”opposition”, it will reflect most of the sunlight that strikes its surface right back in our direction.
The red planet has always held a special place in our collective imagination, and tonight she’ll put on a show unlike any that most of us have ever seen before.
Amazing!!!