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These eerily beautiful clouds are having a big year Caroline Floyd Eerily beautiful clouds glowing in the twilight sky are having a banner season in 2019. Noctilucent clouds (literally, 'night-shining clouds') -- normally an elusive summertime visitor to only the northern fringes of the Northern Hemisphere -- seem to be on the move farther south this summer. While that makes for some rare and excellent viewing, the reason for the shift is less encouraging. Early June to mid-July is prime time for noctilucent clouds (NLCs) which -- under the right conditions -- appear as wispy, softly glowing...

Auroras may dance across Canadian skies this weekend Scott Sutherland Saturday, April 24th 2021, 6:34 am - An immense cloud of solar plasma is expected to sweep past Earth this weekend, which may spark displays of the Northern Lights across much of Canada. Stargazers across the country may have a chance to see the Aurora Borealis this weekend, following an immense eruption from the surface of the Sun. Just after midnight, Eastern Daylight Time, on April 22, 2021, an active region on the Sun emitted a weak, C3-class solar flare. Flares like this are relatively common during the Sun's more act...

Astronomers find 'truly black' black hole lurking in a nearby star system Scott Sutherland mercredi, 6 mai 2020 à 17:30 - This discovery of a black hole hiding in a star system so close to us was quite the surprise for astronomers. An international team of astronomers has located the closest known black hole to Earth, hidden in a star system just 1,000 light-years away. The discovery of this nearby black hole was not only a welcome surprise, but it may help astronomers to find more of these lurking out in space. It may come as quite the surprise to stargazers in the southern hemisphere, but...

Lava planet weather forecast: Supersonic winds and raining molten rock Scott Sutherland jeudi, 5 novembre 2020 à 16:00 - Canadian-led research produces the first weather forecast for a hellish lava world. On a distant alien planet, the weather forecast calls for supersonic winds and rain made of molten rock. Forecasting weather for Earth is not an easy job. This planet is capable of producing some very severe and dangerous weather conditions. Imagine, instead, forecasting for an alien world that's not only hundreds of light years away from us but has conditions that completely redefine the ...

Keep watching the skies as Jupiter and Saturn continue their spectacular display Scott Sutherland mardi, 22 décembre 2020 à 11:00 - The Great Conjunction may be over, but Jupiter and Saturn aren't done showing off. On December 21, we were witness to the greatest Great Conjunction seen in nearly 800 years. Keep your eyes on the southwest horizon just after sunset in the week to come, though, as Jupiter and Saturn continue to put on an amazing show. The two most massive planets in our solar system have been a constant sight in our night skies so far in 2020. Throughout the year, the Jupiter ...