Our galaxy will make for a particularly splendid sight on the dark nights surrounding the new moon phase on July 24.

Sunset: 6:04 P.M. Moonrise: 5:31 P.M. ... Dark nebulae! These cold clouds of dust and gas absorb and block the light of stars behind them, ... dark “tear” in the sky where no stars are visible.

Noctilucent clouds, Earth's highest clouds, shine blue in the twilight sky from late May to August in the northern hemisphere — and all you need are your naked eyes.

Rare clouds located on the edge of space have been spotted in the night skies over Washington state. Noctilucent clouds, silvery-blue tendrils that glow in the dark, are the rarest and highest ...

The Moon is nearly at Last Quarter phase, leaving the evening hours open for deep-sky observing. Let’s start about two hours after sunset, when Orion the Hunter is already about 30° high in the ...

The sky above Washington put on an incredible show Thursday, starting in the late afternoon and continuing past dark. The quintuple-feature starred a towering thunderhead, menacing shelf cloud ...

A Met Office video explains seven rare cloud types - including noctilucent clouds as they’re sighted in the UK.

At low altitudes, fluffy cotton-like cumulous and dark-gray nimbostratus clouds garnish the sky, changing daily. Higher in the atmosphere, clouds become thinner and wispier, like cirrus clouds.

Ice and increased water vapor from Idalia’s outer clouds filtered out the sunlight, exposing different colors to our eyes. Sunset at East Lake Community Church in Moneta Aug 31, 2023 ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — If you’ve ever looked up and seen a dark, menacing cloud stretching across the sky like a giant wedge, you’ve likely witnessed a shelf cloud.