Exciting February sky events include Venus at its brightest and closest to Earth, the moon occulting the Pleiades, and a ...

Welcome to this month’s edition of “What’s up in the sky?” February has a nice lineup of planets and some eye-catching ...

Rainbows Rainbows are one of nature's most enchanting spectacles, forming beautiful arcs of color in the sky. They occur when ...

That will make it a great time to see zodiacal light—sunlight reflecting off cosmic dust left in the solar system. You’ll need to be somewhere very dark in the northern hemisphere and look to ...

As an added and unexpected bonus, the zodiacal light made a stunning appearance to cap off an already awe-inspiring view. Following the planetary parade to the east, next up was Jupiter ...

In this image, one can see the core of the Milky Way galaxy, zodiacal light (sunlight diffused by interplanetary dust), streaks of SpaceX Starlink satellites, individual stars, an edge-on view of ...

In a single photo you can see: The Milky Way, zodiacal light, a streak created by Starlink satellites, an incredible number of stars, the emission of hydroxyl at the edge of the atmosphere ...

The Milky Way can also be seen sweeping across the center of the photo, while the zodiacal light that Pettit mentions is the faint, diffuse glow that appears as a triangular or cone-shaped ...

Winter may seem endless by the time March rolls around, but this month the sun and the day length are both climbing at top speed. At our northern latitude, the day length is increasing by about ...