On Sunday morning, Mars, Earth and the sun will line up perfectly in the sky. On Thursday, the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore released a snapshot of Mars taken May 12 from 80 million kilometres out. Right now, Mars is about 77 million kilometres from us, coming ever closer until May 30, when the red planet passes within 75.3 million kilometres. The Hubble Space Telescope already is zooming in for pictures. On Thursday, the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore released a snapshot of Mars taken by the Hubble Telescope May 12 from 80 million kilometres out.

Source: CBC News May 21, 2016 03:30 UTC