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A total lunar eclipse was visible in Israel and much of Asia on Sunday, offering a striking celestial display. In Israel, the eclipse began at 7:27 P.M., when the Earth’s shadow first touched the moon, about 37 minutes after moonrise. At 8:30 P.M., it reached totality – the “blood moon” phase – lasting an hour and 22 minutes, with the …

If you’ve ever wanted to see the aurora borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, then tonight is your night. A geomagnetic storm on the sun will cause an eruption of solar material and magnetic field that will hit the earth atmosphere Sunday, causing the northern lights to be seen as far south as Pennsylvania, Missouri, Colorado and Oregon, according …

First Alert Weather: Labor Day kicks off nice week around NYC First Alert Weather: Labor Day kicks off nice week around NYC 03:06 The northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis, might be visible in parts of New York late Monday night into Tuesday morning, capping off the Labor Day celebrations.  NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center says the colorful show in …

The northern lights may return to the night sky over Canada and parts of the United States tonight, forecasters said. An eruption from the sun, known as a coronal mass ejection, occurred over the weekend and is expected to impact the Earth’s magnetic field late Monday into early Tuesday, NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center said. When it happens, it will set …

A potent solar storm is on its way and could put on a spectacular northern lights display for Labor Day across the U.S. A fast-moving coronal mass ejection (CME), launched by a long-duration M2.7 flare from sunspot AR 4199 on Aug. 30, is expected to slam into Earth’s magnetic field late on Sept. 1 into early Sept. 2 (UTC), according …

If the weather cooperates Tuesday night, eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey residents, along with the rest of the Mid-Atlantic, may have good seats for a rocket launch. The launch, weather permitting, will take place at a NASA facility on the Delmarva peninsula in Wallops Island, Virginia, just south of Ocean City, Maryland. The launch window opens at 10:30 p.m. and …

If you’re up late Tuesday night, you’ll have a chance to see three rockets streaking across the sky if you’re in New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania or several other eastern states. NASA plans to launch three sounding rockets within a 5-minute span from the Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia late Tuesday. The launch was originally scheduled for last week but …

NORTH CAROLINA (WTVD) — The TOMEX+ sounding rocket mission launch attempt was scrubbed on Sunday and Monday due to cloud cover and high sea states in the recovery area. NASA is now targeting Tuesday night (Aug. 26) for the first launch. Those in the Mid-Atlantic region, and portions of North Carolina, may catch a glimpse of the rocket, weather permitting. …

Lost in the glare of the sun on Sept. 21, the new moon will rise without anyone in the Northern Hemisphere noticing. However, early birds in New Zealand and the South Pacific — and a handful of people (and millions of penguins) overwintering in Antarctica — will see a dramatic “crescent sunrise” as an eclipsed sun emerges from the horizon. …

On the night of Sept. 7-8, Earth will pass directly between the sun and the full moon in this year’s second and final total lunar eclipse. Spanning more than five hours, the celestial event will peak with an impressive 82-minute totality phase, when Earth’s massive shadow will plunge the moon’s entire near side into a reddish darkness — earning it …