L ike the Sun shining through the clouds in the early morning, a bright star within the star-forming nebula N79 appears to burst forth through a web of cooler gas and dust in this image taken by ...

Winds remain out of the west for much of the weekend, but temperatures remain mild, and continue to warm up heading into next week.

These are noctilucent (night-shining) clouds. “Even though the sun has set in Gale Crater ... so you can follow Curiosity’s adventures through a constant stream of Mars postcards.

Also known as night shining clouds, they are visible when ice crystals form high in Earth's atmosphere and are underlit by the Sun. On Thursday and Friday they were spotted from Aberdeenshire ...

From the ground, the ethereal cloud formations can only be seen during astronomical twilight. That's the point in the night when most of the sky has grown dark, but the rays from the sun can still ...