Space

A "severe" solar storm has reached Earth. Clouds could clear between midnight and 2 a.m. in the Champlain Valley.

The aurora borealis will likely be visible throughout Vermont the night of Saturday, Oct. 5, according to a forecast by the Space Weather Prediction Center.

National space weather forecasters have issued a "Severe (G4) Geomagnetic Storm Watch" for tonight — rare conditions that can produce the colorful lights of the aurora borealis in the night sky as far south as northern California and Alabama.

Northern Vermont will experience a total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. We created a map to show exactly what the path of totality covers.

Scientists have updated their forecast for the current solar cycle, which usually lasts about 11 years. Solar activity is now expected to peak earlier and to be stronger than previously thought.

In Alburgh, atop a hill in an orchard of plum and apple trees, dozens of people peer through giant telescopes during this annual — and spur-of-the-moment — event.

Three rockets will launch from the desert of New Mexico this Saturday as part of a NASA mission to better understand the upper atmosphere.

The annual Perseid meteor shower graces the night sky this time of year. Its peak is coming up, and meteorologist Mark Breen shares his meteor-gazing tips.

Jack Duranceau’s senior thesis studied the existence of two new planets 257 light years away.

Over the next couple of nights, five planets are expected to align in the sky. And you won't even need a telescope to see them (although binoculars will help).