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Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis): Recent Images Over Senja, Norway

Tue Jan 12, 2021 09:23 pm Cardinal News

In the first video that pans the northern lights from right to left, several prominent constellations and star clusters are visible: Taurus, Pleiades, Hyades, and Orion. The last video shows the northern lights over Scotland, […]

UFO or commercial drone sketch over Arlington Heights on Saturday, November 8, 2020

UFO? Drone? Did You See a Strange Flying Object Over Arlington Heights Saturday Night, November 7, 2020

Sun Nov 8, 2020 02:41 pm Cardinal News

On Saturday night, November 7, 2020 at about 7:43 p.m. CT an object with blinking lights flew from South-Southwest to North-Northeast over the Stonegate neighborhood, just north of the intersection of Northwest Highway and Arthur […]

Jupiter, Saturn and Mars All Visible a Few Hours After Sunset

Sun Sep 20, 2020 09:14 pm Cardinal News

Evening views of Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars are easy to see in the evening sky currently in September 2020. On Sunday, September 20, 2020 … Jupiter is in the southwest sky and doesn’t set until […]

Gibbous Moon with Mars on Saturday, September 6, 2020

Did You See the Moon and Mars Rising Saturday Night? A Moon, Mars Conjunction

Sun Sep 6, 2020 12:19 pm Cardinal News

In September, Pegasus becomes increasingly prominent in the southeastern sky, allowing stargazers to locate globular star clusters and a nearby double star, Alpha Capricorni. Keep watching for space-based views of densely packed, spherical collections of […]

Watch SpaceX Deploy 60 Starlink Satellites in Amazing View from Space ICYMI

Thu Sep 3, 2020 11:59 pm Cardinal News

SpaceX deployed 60 new internet-providing Starlink satellites shortly after launch on Thursday, September 3, 2020. SpaceX senior certification engineer Kate Tice explains. Kate Tice is a SpaceX Senior Certification Engineer, who has previously worked as […]

Full Moon with clouds arriving over Arlington Heights, Illinois March 9, 2020 about 5:00 a.m.

VIDEO at 97 Percent: Supermoon on March 9, 2020 Is the First of Three Supermoons in March, April and May 2020

Mon Mar 9, 2020 08:46 pm Cardinal News

Supermoon at 97 percent just as rain clouds arrive over Arlington Heights before dawn, changing a clear sky to a cloudy sky at about 5:00 a.m. Monday, March 9, 2020. Today’s Full Moon is a […]

Red Devil Horns Rising: Solar Eclipse at Sunrise on December 26, 2019 Gave Spectacular Illusion Over Persian Gulf from Qatar

Wed Jan 8, 2020 05:09 am Cardinal News

Photographer Elias Chasiotis captured three spectacular optical events in one image on December 26, 2019. The optical events were: 1) a sunrise, 2) a solar eclipse, and 3) a Fata Morgana or mirage on the […]

Tonight’s Sky Features Cassiopeia, the Big Dipper, Cepheus and More for December 2019

Sun Dec 1, 2019 11:48 pm Cardinal News

Step outside on a cold December night when the stars shine bright to find the Big Dipper, Cassiopeia, and Cepheus. They will help you locate a binary star system, a fan-shaped open star cluster, and […]

ABC 7 Chicago Captures “Chicagohenge” — the Midwest Version of England’s Stonehenge

Mon Sep 23, 2019 07:53 pm Cardinal News

The first full day of fall is Tuesday, which is preceded by the evening of Chicagohenge, when the sun lines up right between the city’s buildings. An ABC 7 Chicago camera was located at a […]

LIVE STREAM: SpaceX to Launch Falcon Heavy Rocket Kennedy Space Center, April 11, 2019 5:35pm ET

Thu Apr 11, 2019 07:13 pm Cardinal News

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the Arabsat 6A communications satellite from Kennedy Space Center’s historic Launch Pad 39A. THANKS FOR READING CARDINAL NEWS … ^^ MOBILE? USE VOICE MIC ^^ facebook … GET […]

Multiple Cameras Capture Meteor Over Northern Florida Just Before Midnight Saturday March 30, 2019

Mon Apr 1, 2019 06:45 am Cardinal News

Eric Shultz: “Caught some strange light falling from the sky up by Youngstown tonight!,” after Ring doorbell camera captured image of meteor. A greenish bright light from a meteor was captured by multiple cameras in […]

Northern Lights Possible Tonight and Early Morning Friday/Saturday After Coronal Mass Ejection from Sun Wednesday

Fri Mar 22, 2019 12:46 pm Cardinal News

NORTHERN LIGHTS PROBABLY WON’T COMPARE TO THIS NORWAY DISPLAY A G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storm watch is in effect for the March 23, 2019 UTC-day due to anticipated CME arrival. A CME is a Coronal Mass […]

US-Russian Space Crew Launches Aboard Soyuz M12 from Kazakhstan March 14, 2019; Docked with ISS 6 Hours Later Over Peru’s West Coast

Fri Mar 15, 2019 10:16 am Cardinal News

A Soyuz rocket carrying a crew of three is headed to the International Space Station. The crew made it safely into orbit today after a harrowing launch abort last October. CBS News space analyst Bill […]

Nets and Harpoons: The Space Junk Cleanup Efforts

Fri Mar 1, 2019 11:37 pm Cardinal News

The presence of man-made debris in the Earth’s atmosphere is nothing new to us—but it’s becoming a problem. Learn about the recent space junk cleanup efforts. Nets & Harpoons: The Space Junk Cleanup Efforts Unfortunately, […]

Comet Iwamoto, Last Visited Our Inner Solar System in the Middle Ages Around the Year 648, Captured on Video Last Week

Tue Feb 19, 2019 09:44 am Cardinal News

Last Thursday, binocular comet C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto) moved nearly in front of a spiral galaxy of approximately the same brightness: NGC 2903. Comet Iwamoto was discovered late last year and orbits the Sun in a […]

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