The elongated loop in the sky that Mars describes from Autumn 2024 to Spring 2025. Mars normally travels from west to east (right to left), but on Dec. 7, it seemed to pause and then loop to the ...

Thankfully, the reason the sky changes to yellow is something easily explained, even if it's a little unusual. You might not see yellow skies often, but that doesn't mean it can't happen.

This week it stands high in the southern sky at around 9 p.m. local time. It is visible with the unaided eye under favorable dark sky conditions.

The winter solstice occurs early on Dec. 21 at 4:21 a.m. Eastern time. This is when the sun reaches its most southerly point in the sky for the year, yielding the year’s longest nights.

Yellow-white Procyon looks so very bright because it's only 11.5 light years from us; its intrinsic luster is only about seven times that of the sun.

The sky over South Canaan Township in Wayne County took on a yellow glow the morning of Wednesday, June 7, 2023, after numerous wildfires in Canada impacted air quality in the northeast.