The glowing blue light that lit up the sky for hundreds of miles Thursday night wasn't an alien invasion or a sign of the apocalypse. It was an "electrical fault" at an Astoria substation that ...

Uranus will also be on show, if you fancy a more challenging target. Early risers are in for a celestial treat on July 5, ...

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, July 4Mercury reaches its greatest eastern elongation (26°) ...

The blue and green light is scattered so well that you can hardly see it. The sky is colored, instead, with red and orange light. Colors mean a lot to us in so many different ways.

Stargazing How to see Venus light the sky as the bright 'morning star' through fall 2025. ... it can often be perceived as a tiny white speck against the blue backdrop of daylight.

Lower humidity and drier air mean less scattering of blue light, allowing more blue to reach our eyes and making the sky appear more intensely blue. The changing color of the leaves also plays a role.

It also shines at magnitude –2.2, making it the brightest point of light in the morning sky until Venus rises around 5:30 a.m. A telescope reveals at least two conspicuous cloud belts on Jupiter ...

Now that it has left the evening sky, it will appear in the morning sky later this month. Speaking of the morning sky, if you’re up early, it’s a great opportunity to catch a glimpse of the ...