Mars will approach Earth on May 30

NASA advises astronomers to take advantage of this rare opportunity to admire Mars from the nearest distance.

Comparison image between Earth (left) and Mars.(Source: Arcadiastreet.com).

According to the US Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA), on May 30 , Mars will be about 75.3 million kilometers from Earth. It is the shortest distance during the past 11 years , because there are times, Red planet is 400 million km away from us.

Specifically, from May 18 to June 3, from Earth, Mars will become bigger and brighter. On these days, we can see Mars in the early morning, even without telescopes or binoculars.

NASA also recommends that people who want to see Mars should take the opportunity to watch this planet through telescopes. Because if you miss the observations of Mars this year, it will be the next time Earth and Mars are next to May 31, 2018 and the next time will be August 28, February 2.87.

Earlier, in August 2003, Earth and Mars were only 55,758,006 km apart. According to NASA, it was also the second time the planets were closest to each other during the past 60,000 years.