More than 200 people across a half-dozen southern U.S. states have now reported witnessing a mysterious object streak across ...

Scientists are working to understand the curious phenomena of red sprites, green ghosts and blue jets high above ...

The instrument’s wide field of view reveals the glow of zodiacal light stretching up and to the right. The V shape of the Hyades star cluster appears near the top, with the more compact Pleiades star ...

In the full image below, you can see a rainbow of zodiacal light, with the position of the sun marked by a star. The image uses color to represent features of the light: the hue of the light ...

It’s called the zodiacal light. As evening twilight fades from view — around 60-90 minutes after sunset — begin looking toward the western sky for a huge, softly glowing pyramid of light.

On a clear, moonless night, far from any city glare, a keen-eyed observer can see in the sky a faintly glowing cone. This is the "zodiacal light," which astronomers believe is sunlight ...

Look for evening zodiacal light on the western horizon. Look for morning zodiacal light on the eastern horizon. Sept. 17-18 and Oct. 16-17 are not good times to see zodiacal light because of full ...

How to watch zodiacal light Fall zodiacal light is best viewed in late August through November. In Mississippi, fall zodiacal light is brightest just before dawn. The best places to see zodiacal light ...

Zodiacal light — which, when seen before sunrise, is also known as "false dawn" — is very faint and, as a result, is often outshined by moonlight or light pollution on Earth.