Uploaded April 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Mars, Earth and the Sun align on April 8, 2014 in an event called the "opposition." Mars will be exactly opposite the sun in the sky in an event that happens every 778 days. The opposition of Mars comes just seven days ahead of the planet's closest approach to Earth on the night of April 14. The Red Planet and Earth are converging ever closer to their cosmic encounter at a rate of about 186 miles a minute, according to NASA. On April 14, Mars and Earth will be only 57 million miles apart. This is a bit more than half the distance between Earth and the sun, which is about 93 million miles . Read more: ow.ly/vAbzM and here ow.ly/vAbBZ Video courtesy: NASA
Mars, Earth and the Sun align on April 8, 2014 in an event called the "opposition." Mars will be exactly opposite the sun in the sky in an event that happens every 778 days. The opposition of Mars comes just seven days ahead of the planet's closest approach to Earth on the night of April 14. The Red Planet and Earth are converging ever closer to their cosmic encounter at a rate of about 186 miles a minute, according to NASA. On April 14, Mars and Earth will be only 57 million miles apart. This is a bit more than half the distance between Earth and the sun, which is about 93 million miles . Read more: ow.ly/vAbzM and here ow.ly/vAbBZ Video courtesy: NASA
