In April 2021, astronomy educator John Heasley set out to see just how dark the skies were in southwestern Wisconsin's Vernon County. He measured the brightness of the night sky in three public ...

Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, lit up the night sky in Wisconsin on Thursday, Oct. 10. A coronal mass ejection from the sun reached Earth's atmosphere on Thursday, creating a ...

Stargazers around Wisconsin caught a light show Thursday night as Starlink satellites made their way across the sky. It was the second time in about a year the satellites, which were launched by Elon ...

According to WKOW and WTMJ, the moment occurred shortly before 7 a.m. Thursday. The University of Wisconsin – Madison’s Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences’ rooftop cameras were rolling ...

ANTIGO, Wisconsin (FOX 9) - Atmospheric conditions at high altitudes are causing ice to build up on migrating loons’ bodies, causing them to land in dangerous situations, according to the Raptor ...

Residents in northern Wisconsin are reporting increasing instances of loons falling out of the sky, with cold weather conditions affecting the migrating birds. According to the Raptor Education Group, ...

ANTIGO, Wis. (WLUC/Gray News) - Reports of loons falling out of the sky have been increasing in northern Wisconsin. It’s a phenomenon known as “loon fallout,” according to the Raptor Education Group.