Cold winter days don’t just bring frigid temperatures, they can also bring some of the most spectacular sky displays of the season. Yes, even in winter, we can see many different atmospheric, optical ...

Every once in a while, you may look up towards the Sun and see strange bright lights on either side of it. Or perhaps you’ll be sitting in an aircraft, looking out the window at its shadow and see a ...

SAN DIEGO — A parhelia hovered above the tips of the Pinyon Mountains in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park this week, creating an atmospheric optical phenomenon. A parhelia, which means “with the sun,” ...

ROCHESTER N.Y. – One of our News10NBC viewers, Scott, recently shared photos capturing an unusual sight on the horizon. Imagine tall, white pillars of light rising into the night sky. While they may ...

Night isn’t the only time to see gorgeous things in the sky. Some of the most awe-invoking heavenly phenomena can only happen during the day, when the sun is shining. If you live in a place where you ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — For the past month, viewers have shared photos with KSN of sunsets with a prominent blue streak in the sky like the one pictured below, and they want to know exactly what it is.

Transient Luminous Events (TLEs) represent a captivating class of high‐altitude optical phenomena that occur in tandem with thunderstorm activity. These brief and often spectacular discharges, ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Every once in a while, you may look up towards the ...