Astronomy

It’s been a turbulent week for weather in Chicago that has seen everything from sunny skies and 60-degree days to freezing temperatures and accumulating snow.

Following a week of unseasonably warm temperatures, the Chicago area anticipates the return of snow in the weekend forecast coinciding with the Snow Moon phenomenon.

More than 70,000 customers experienced AT&T cell outages Thursday. Was it due to a “solar flare?” NBC 5 Meteorologist Kevin Jeanes explains what that is — and if that could have caused such a widespread disruption.

Following AT&T’s massive cell service outage, theories of why and how it happened swept the the internet — but one was particularly out of this world.

After a week of spring-like temperatures, it’s only fitting that snow returns to the Chicago-area forecast during this weekend’s Snow Moon.

The 13th and final full moon of 2023, also known as the “Cold Moon,” will shine bright this holiday season, just in time to ring in the new year.

The 13th and final full moon of 2023, also known as the “Cold Moon,” will shine bright this holiday season, just in time to ring in the new year.

The “Geminids” meteor shower, one of the largest meteor showers of the year, will peak Wednesday night and into Thursday morning, but will the weather cooperate?

While kids are still waiting a bit longer to look up in the skies for Santa, one of the largest meteor showers of the year will provide a phenomenal sight above overnight as its peak continues.

According to experts, sky gazers could be treated to as many as 120 meteors, or shooting stars, per hour as part of the shower.

Multiple states across the Northern U.S. could see the Northern Lights late Thursday and into Friday thanks to an upgraded geomagnetic storm prediction, NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center said.

Some states in the Northern U.S. will be able to catch a glimpse of The Aurora borealis overnight.

The Geminid meteor shower may have started earlier this month, but it is soon expected to reach its peak, and when it does, it could be one of the best shows in years.

Were you up early this morning? If you were — and you looked up into the sky — you may have noticed a bright light nearly next to a waning crescent moon.

People in some parts of the world Sunday were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights, including in Illinois.

The next full moon for 2023 will rise Halloween weekend.

The next full moon for 2023 will rise Halloween weekend.

There may not be any more Supermoons left for 2023, but there are three full moons still to rise this year — and one of them will rise this weekend.

Crowds cheered in Oregon and New Mexico as a rare “ring of fire” eclipse of the sun begin making its way across the Americas.

How long will the partial solar eclipse last?