Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The pyramid-shaped glow of "zodiacal light" is caused by ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's Juno spacecraft has detected interplanetary particles that suggest Martian storms fill the ...

At this time of year, there’s a “false dusk” visible after sunset. From a dark location, you can see the cone-shaped glow reaching upward from the western horizon, rising through the constellations ...

Periodic storms in Texas this week may paint the sky orange. Here's the science behind changing colors during weather events.

Did you know that it’s possible to see the solar system glow? Not just the tiny planets moving slowly around the sun, but even the dust within it–and it’s a spectacular sight that in 2019 is close to ...

A European telescope has spotted a vast tendril of cosmic dust reaching across a dense cloud in deep space. The huge, tentacle-like filament of dust is more than 10 light-years long and is anchored to ...

James Geach receives funding from The Royal Society. The star KIC 8462852 rose to fame this year when astronomers discovered that its light occasionally dimmed in a really weird way. At the time, no ...

A weak high-pressure system is affecting the area on Thursday, with a low-pressure system expected to arrive on Friday. Light ...

Back at the end of the last century, I and many other readers around the world were bowled over by “The Voyage of the Narwhal” (1998), Andrea Barrett’s fictional account of a band of American ...

Of Dust and Light is an upcoming isometric adventure game (release date TBD) that focuses on atmosphere and emotion. It will center around Sparrow, who gets thrust into a surreal world where she must ...