early spring is a great time to view zodiacal light. What looks like lingering twilight is actually believed to be sunlight reflecting off dust in the solar system. The phenomenon, which looks ...

The VLT is a powerful astronomical observatory that captures high-resolution images and spectra of celestial objects, ...

This month is a great time to see the zodiacal light. It’s a pyramid-shaped white glow on the western horizon about 90 minutes after sunset. It’s visible in dark skies around the March equinox ...

In March the bright winter constellations of Canis Major, Canis Minor, Orion, Gemini, Taurus and Auriga fill the southern sky stretching all the way to zenith — the point directly overhead. Dire ...

Scientists are closer than ever to uncovering universe dark matter's secrets. Advanced telescopes and cutting-edge tech push ...

Euclid has two instruments: its visible light camera, VIS, and its near-infrared light camera, NISP. NISP allows Euclid to ...

The film also covers the formation of the ionosphere, the occurrence of auroras, zodiacal light, and solar eclipses, while emphasizing the Sun's gravitational influence on Earth, particularly in ...

Examples include zodiacal light, the dim scatter of sunlight by interstellar dust, and light emitted by the atmosphere when it is heated by the sun. To get around this, in their previous work ...

In fact, a staggering 99.9% of the polarized light that PUNCH will detect comes from other things, such as background stars and the Zodiacal light. The 0.1% that PUNCH’s scientists are ...

Sunrise: 6:33 A.M. Sunset: 5:52 P.M. Moonrise: 7:26 A.M. Moonset: 8:11 P.M. Early March is ideal for observers to try tracking down the zodiacal light. This faint glow comes from sunlight ...