Noctilucent clouds or night clouds over St Mary's Lighthouse in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, taken at 01.45 am on Friday July 5, 2024. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images) Summer ...

Parts of Alberta witnessed a spectacle early Friday morning as rare noctilucent clouds, also known as night-shining clouds, lit up the sky. These unique clouds are only visible on summer nights in ...

A Met Office video explains seven rare cloud types - including noctilucent clouds as they’re sighted in the UK.

Their Latin name means "night shining" and the clouds usually appear as streaks of blue or silver. The Met Office describes ...

A rare cloud formation was seen across much of Canada and parts of Europe recently, but it’s unknown if it will happen again ...

Northern lights and glowing noctilucent clouds collide in a rare night sky show over Alberta (photo) Astronomers capture incredible 1st image of a dead star that exploded twice. How did it happen?

Noctilucent clouds literally take it to a different level. These clouds form in the third layer of the atmosphere, known as the mesosphere.

Striking displays of clouds which are mostly only seen in the summer months have been appearing in the skies over Northern Ireland in recent nights.

Noctilucent clouds occur at extremely high levels in what is known as the mesosphere - a layer in the atmosphere above where our regular clouds and weather systems live, about 76-85km high - on ...

Skywatchers across Darlington and County Durham were treated to a rare natural display over the weekend as noctilucent clouds appeared after sunset. Noctilucent clouds, also known as "night-shining" ...

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