On a tranquil summer evening, just as the sun dips below the horizon and darkness begins to settle, an ethereal spectacle ...

Enjoy dark skies for evening observing, then catch a meteor shower and a planetary conjunction in the morning sky this week.

A good estimation of the cloud tops is like the finest gold, especially for pilots flying under IFR during the winter months.

Best viewed from the Northern Hemisphere, the Lyrid meteor shower is the world's oldest known of its kind and reliably occurs ...

Here’s hoping the clouds let us see ... to the Cross is the sky’s 10th brightest star and it is a glittering blue sapphire. The one not too far above the horizon is the sky’s third brightest ...

The meteor shower becomes visible to us here on Earth like clockwork every April as our planet passes through the debris ...

Cloud and storms may interfere ... should easily be able to find Vega in the night sky, but if you need help locating it, look above the horizon toward the northeast between about 9 to 10 p.m ...

Lyrids can surprise watchers with as many as 100 meteors seen per hour, but in general, 10-20 Lyrid meteors can be seen per hour during the peak.

It's why the sky is blue and why sunrises and sunsets look red ... blocking the brightest portion of the sun and allowing only the corona to be visible above the horizon. There were also some clouds ...

Although there was cloud cover across almost the entire sky, the horizon was clear to the northwest ... when a 26% eclipsed sun will appear high above the Bay of Fundy after lunch.

Solar storms are expected to sweep past Earth, which may spark bright aurora displays across some parts of Canada.

Cloud and storms may interfere ... should easily be able to find Vega in the night sky, but if you need help locating it, look above the horizon toward the northeast between about 9 to 10 p.m ...