On clear late-winter nights, a dim light appears in the sky after twilight fades. It’s not the aurora, nor a lingering sunset, nor the inner core of the Milky Way Galaxy. Known as the zodiacal ...
This month, around the equinox, an eerie pyramidal band of light could be seen amid the darkness of night. According to IFL Science, this is the best time to see the ghostly light shaped like a ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The waning crescent Moon rising in a wide conjunction with ...
The Moon is rising, with zodiacal light shining on top of it, in the breathtaking framework of ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) observatory on Cerro Paranal. You’re stargazing in September from a Dark ...