On June 18, 2024, a brilliant display of Noctilucent clouds was seen in Lithuania. The clouds, also called "electric blue clouds," are formed approximately 50 miles above the Earth's surface, nearly ...

Alexandria Johnson does hard science on the most nebulous of subjects: clouds. As an atmospheric scientist and assistant professor of practice in Purdue University’s College of Science, she studies ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The night sky can host a wide range of spectacular sights like the northern lights, meteor showers and comets, as well as phenomena like noctilucent clouds. You likely have heard of ...

This wide-angle view, taken from near Duluth, Minnesota at 10:50 p.m. CDT on Friday, shows how close to the north-northwestern horizon noctilucent clouds often appear from northern U.S. latitudes. The ...

Nature generates all sorts of spectacular light shows. We witness auroras, blazing sunsets, raucous lightning storms and colorful sunrises. But some phenomena are best seen from space. A Japanese ...

"About 45 minutes before sunrise this cold morning after a storm front moved through the area, these clouds appeared which looked very similar to NLCs," Griffith told Spaceweather.com. "I've seen NLCs ...