Skygazers prepare to catch Mars at its biggest and brightest

Mars is looking bigger and brighter at moment due to a process known as 'opposition@. Picture: Planet Nasa/ESA/PA)

Skygazers may notice that Mars is looking bigger and brighter at the moment due to a process which only happens every two years or so.

The event, known as “opposition” among astronomers, is when the Red Planet and the sun are on directly opposite sides of Earth.