On nights with little to no ambient light from the moon, a ghostly glow shaped like a hazy pyramid of light can be seen for a ...

Using Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 instrument, astronomers captured this recent up-close view of the SMC, full of twinkling ...

In North America, the galaxy will become visible 41° above the north-eastern horizon at around 8:30 p.m. EDT, and continue ...

You've probably seen or experienced most of these common science phenomena before, but you may not have thought about why ...

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

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

On March 29, skywatchers across parts of the Northern Hemisphere will be treated to a rare astronomical double feature: a ...

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Some U.S. states could be treated with a northern lights display due a minor geomagnetic storm on the sun, according to space ...