Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Indiana as two incoming coronal mass ejections could spark geomagnetic storm conditions ...

A new study has found that living in areas with more artificial light at night may increase stress in the brain, inflame ...

The Riverside Nature Center partnered with Friends of the Night Sky to host a "Celebrate the Night" event promoting the ...

Kate Frederick, a WCU student working with Prof. Gagné, has recorded alarming levels of illumination with her phone’s light meter, notably from Valley Forge National Park and West Chester car ...

Carnegie Mellon University’s CREATE Lab partnered with a nonprofit to build an animated map that shows how particle pollution ...

The Northern Lights may be visible on camera — and possibly to the naked eye — across 12 northern U.S. states and Canada as soon as it gets dark on Monday, Oct. 27, according to a forecast from the ...

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The Orionid meteor shower will peak overnight between Monday, Oct. 20, and Tuesday, Oct. 21. A new moon phase will give the Orionids center stage. The Florida Panhandle should have a relatively ...

After filing plans with the town of Apex for a proposed data storage facility on Shearon Harris Road, Michael Natelli of Natelli Investments LLC is speaking for the first time about those plans and ...

A coronal mass ejection (CME) from the Sun is expected to reach Earth on Thursday, Oct. 16, potentially triggering a G2 geomagnetic storm Just after sunset, auroras could be visible across parts of ...

Thanks to recent solar activity, parts of the northern states could be treated to a stellar light show as of Oct. 16 Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty A coronal mass ejection (CME) from the Sun ...

Q. I have heard that light pollution causes migrating birds to become disoriented. Will the fairy lights (small solar lamps) that people put out alongside sidewalks affect any animals? A. The simple ...