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Summer is a time when many amateur astronomers go into a kind of hibernation. Depending on your latitude, the night sky doesn’t get dark enough to see the faint stars and beautiful deep-sky objects ...
Forming 50 miles above Earth's surface, noctilucent clouds offer a rare glimpse into one of the least-understood layers of ...
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 ...
The summer solstice occurs at 10:42 P.M. EDT, marking the official beginning of summer for those in the Northern Hemisphere. On this date, the Sun is located directly above the Tropic of Cancer at ...
As the Sun dips below the horizon, the last rays of light can glint off crystals of ice high in the atmosphere, lighting up the sky with an electric blue glow. Known as noctilucent clouds, these ...
Noctilucent Clouds views from 37,000 ft. on a flight from Japan to Calgary, Alberta ...