The northern lights are forecast for Jan. 31 through Feb. 1, 2025. Here's when and how to spot the last-minute auroras.

February stargazing is fantastic for many reasons, but this year there’s a one-two-three punch of bright planets adding to ...

These are noctilucent (night-shining) clouds. “Even though the sun has ... making them seem to almost glow in the sky,” wrote Alex Innanen, a York University atmospheric scientist, in the ...

Cloud Weight It might seem surprising, but the average cumulus cloud, those cotton-like clouds you see on fair weather days, can weigh more than a million pounds. Yes, you heard it right! Despite this ...

Heads up! Four planets are visible in the evening sky this month, and another two planets can be found with a little help.

In the night sky, it appears as a curved band of stars and what appears to be glowing clouds. The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy, and we're located in one of its arms, so what you're actually ...

While planets circle the sun in what's called and heliocentric orbit, they rarely fall together in what appears to the human ...