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Idaho prosecutors want to use National Weather Service records in Bryan Kohberger's student murders trial that show fog, clouds and a night unfit for stargazing.
The Lyrid meteor shower is about to reach its peak activity for April. Here's when and how to see it, along with a cloud forecast.
Californians can glimpse up to 15 meteors each hour under cloudless skies while the Lyrid meteor shower is underway. The meteors can appear anywhere in the night sky, with some leaving vivid trails in ...
while robbing amateur astronomers—and their children—of faint stars and galaxies lost in the glare. Fortunately, there are solutions that save money and preserve the dark night sky.
The newborn stars belong to a cluster known as NGC 460, which is located in a region of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy that orbits the Milky Way. NGC 460 is surrounded by a number of ...
Fog and clouds were in the forecast ahead of time, which meteorologists now know turned out to be accurate, he said. While normal features may have been visible in the sky that night, he added ...