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

early spring is a great time to view zodiacal light. What looks like lingering twilight is actually believed to be sunlight reflecting off dust in the solar system. The phenomenon, which looks like ...

Zodiacal light, often called "false dusk," is a phenomenon caused by sunlight scattering off interplanetary dust particles within the solar system. These dust particles, comprising remnants from ...

This month is a great time to see the zodiacal light. It’s a pyramid-shaped white glow on the western horizon about 90 minutes after sunset. It’s visible in dark skies around the March equinox ...

The western hemisphere witnessed a spectacular total lunar eclipse on the night of Thursday, March 13, 2025. During this ...

That thin lucence is called the Zodiacal light. Over the opposite side of the night horizon is another just perceptible glow rarely perceived called the Gegenschein, or counterglow. In the tropics ...

In March the bright winter constellations of Canis Major, Canis Minor, Orion, Gemini, Taurus and Auriga fill the southern sky stretching all the way to zenith — the point directly overhead. Dire ...

Because of the alignment of the Sun, Earth, and moon—and the filtering of the Sun's light through Earth's atmosphere in between—the moon will appear red or orange, which is why it is also ...

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