NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - If nothing else in life is certain, the rising and setting of the sun always is. The colorful displays of reds and oranges make for picturesque views caught by millions each day.

During the summer when wildfire smoke takes over the skies, you’ll often notice the dreary haze during the day. But at night, the sun seems to display extra vibrant colors, making for breathtaking ...

Telescopes help distant objects appear bigger, but this is only one of their advantages. Telescopes can also collect light in ranges that our eyes alone cannot see, providing scientists ways of ...

William Herschel, a famous astronomer of the mid 1700s through the early 1800s, is probably most famous for discovering Uranus, the first planet discovered with the use of a telescope. One day in the ...

On Feb. 24, 2014, the sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 7:49 p.m. EST. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which keeps a constant watch on the sun, captured images of the event.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — We get our fair share of beautiful sunrises and sunsets here in northeast Indiana and northwestern Ohio. The colors that we see are so much more than just a random phenomena, ...

The sun is Earth's closest star, yet its beauty is too intense to appreciate with the naked eye. Here are some of the most stunning solar images that our satellites and telescopes have captured. When ...