In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to go out and spot the elusive zodiacal light. Caused by light reflecting and scattering off dust in the plane of our solar system, one of the best times to ...

The European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) stands beneath a star-studded sky illuminated by a phenomenon known as zodiacal light, which is observed as a faint glow of ...

It’s called the zodiacal light. As evening twilight fades from view — around 60-90 minutes after sunset — begin looking toward the western sky for a huge, softly glowing pyramid of light.

This is a photo capturing the unique rock pillars known as 'Pinnacles' in the Nambung National Park in Western Australia, ...

That will make it a great time to see zodiacal light—sunlight reflecting off cosmic dust left in the solar system. You’ll need to be somewhere very dark in the northern hemisphere and look to ...

In this image, one can see the core of the Milky Way galaxy, zodiacal light (sunlight diffused by interplanetary dust), streaks of SpaceX Starlink satellites, individual stars, an edge-on view of ...

As an added and unexpected bonus, the zodiacal light made a stunning appearance to cap off an already awe-inspiring view. Following the planetary parade to the east, next up was Jupiter ...