The sounding rockets released vapor tracers and pressure sensors at different altitudes across central and northern Alaska ...

Forecasts call for mild auroral activity Monday night that will weaken by Tuesday, when no states in the contiguous U.S. are ...

Here’s everything you need to know about astrophotography in April 2025: ...

The Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy about 200,000 light-years from the solar system, can be seen with the naked eye ...

Saturday night’s northern lights display follows “strong” radio blackouts on Friday, an event that NOAA said briefly ...

Mother Nature has outdone herself this week, with beautiful scenes in the Northeast Wisconsin skies, no matter the time of ...

A super new moon won't be seen in Texas, but stars will be brighter than ever Saturday. Does Texas have any dark sky communities for stargazing?

The moon dims, the meteors fly, and the planets dance—these are the most exciting celestial events happening this month.

At the start of March, Mercury and Venus lay in the west after sunset. Now both have passed between us and the Sun into the ...

Aurora? Sorta! The northern lights were trending on social media Thursday, but don't get your hopes up too much. Only a ...

Any aurora chasers in Alaska likely did a double take this week when they witnessed some human-made additions to the dazzling ...

Sunlight scatters off the mingled dust and sets it aglow. It's brighter nearer the horizon because we're looking more closely ...