Since humans first started observing Mars, the existence of nocturnal ice clouds on the Red Planet has been known, primarily through daytime observations and sophisticated climate models. Twilight ...

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 clear ...

June and July are the best months of the year to spot noctilucent—or “night-shining”—clouds at the edge of space in the Northern Hemisphere, and some stargazers are already reporting and recording ...

Clouds bright enough to see at night are not as hard to find as they once were. These so-called night-shining clouds are still rare — rare enough that Matthew DeLand, who has been studying them for 11 ...

This summer, you may be able to spot rare noctilucent clouds, or night-shining clouds. With the late sunsets and long twilight, now is the time to look for these clouds, which almost appear iridescent ...

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A 2019 Super Blood Wolf Moon made its appearance despite widespread cloud cover. (File photo composite by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) If the clouds clear enough on Thursday night and very early ...

Saturday evening sees cloudy skies to start off evening plans, but no rain showers as we stay dry! We’ll see clouds thin out, becoming partly cloudy to then mostly clear during the overnight. Winds ...