Keep an Eye Out for Mars in Late July!
Summer is the perfect time to do some astronomy with the kids, right?! This summer, Mars will become brighter and brighter in the predawn sky. In late July 2018, around the time Earth sweeps between Mars and the sun, Mars will outshine Jupiter by some 1.8 times. Mars will appear brightest from July 27 to July 30. It will appear 1/3 of the way up from the horizon to straight...