On a sunny day, shorter wavelengths (like blue and violet) scatter most effectively due to Rayleigh scattering, which is ...

The Sun reaches its southernmost point, the Ursid meteor shower peaks, and the Christmas Tree Cluster glitters in the sky ...

A Cold Moon hangs in the sky while Jupiter still shines bright and the Geminid meteor shower peaks in the sky this week.

The two brightest nighttime objects, the moon and the planet Venus put on a lovely display in the western evening sky of ...

People in Norfolk were treated to a spectacular sunset as the sky turned shades of purple, pink and orange. BBC Weather ...

Bright stars, bright Mars and a vanishing Moon will highlight the winter sky over Washington. Bright stars, bright Mars and a ...

Saturday evening delivered one of the year’s most magnificent sunsets in the D.C. area. A gorgeous canopy of textured clouds ...

Of course, several months ago, Venus was considerably lower in the western sky, and setting much closer to sunset. But the best is yet to come! Through the rest of December into January ...

It seems 2025 will have a strong start, too, with a planet parade just a few weeks into the new year. A planet parade is when ...

Whatever we see in the sky comes down to most likely being from ... illuminated so that they are plainly visible. Bright Venus at sunset. (Courtesy Greg Redfern) I have had friends contact me ...

Winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings are in place as a clipper system arrives with widespread snow Monday ...