Mars and Saturn swing close to Earth, revealing stormy skies in new photos

The intrepid Hubble Space Telescope recently spied storms on Mars and moons racing around Saturn.

Both planets’ orbits have aligned with Earth this year to bring them relatively close — though they’re still millions of miles away. 

Astronomers call this event “opposition,” because, during these periods, Earthlings see Mars or Saturn rise in the East, while the sun sets opposite us, in the West.

Image: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (GSFC) and the OPAL Team, and J. DePasquale (STScI) Read more…

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