an ethereal spectacle sometimes appears in the sky—clouds that shimmer with a ghostly blue-white light. These mysterious night-shining clouds, or noctilucent clouds, seem almost otherworldly ...

The best time to see noctilucent clouds is on clear nights between late May and mid-August, about 90 to 120 minutes after ...

Fireflies need darkness to communicate. Males perform an airborne dance while flashing their abdominal lanterns in a pattern ...

This month's night sky is filled with close-range meteors, swirling nebulas, and prime stargazing conditions. Here’s when you ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. If you're in the northern hemisphere and it's been a ...

At night, clouds trap heat, preventing it from escaping ... One of the most mesmerizing aspects of clouds is their constant movement across the sky. This movement is driven by wind currents ...

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

Vast clouds of gas within it slowly collapse to ... glowing patches in the night sky. The LMC and SMC are the closest major galaxies to our own and lie about 163,000 and 200,000 light-years ...

Noctilucent clouds, often referred to as night-shining clouds ... due to the lower angles in which the sun traverses the sky. When these conditions are met, noctilucent clouds offer some ...

With no clouds and few lights ... and there are enough of them to brighten the night sky. It's a small step from annoyance to menace. While satellites offer many benefits, including environmental ...

A total lunar eclipse will flush the moon red Thursday night into Friday morning across the country including Boston, where viewers will have to hope for a break in the clouds to see the spectacle.

Astronomers and clouds are natural enemies, owing largely to the latter's habit of obscuring the sky beyond with dense ... high-altitude icy particles as night settles in. Noctilucent clouds ...