You don't see a sky sight like this every day. A backyard camera in Missouri captured video of a humongous meteor as it was exploding in the skies over Iowa.
You won't have another chance to do this in your lifetime. Missouri is having a big festival to celebrate the historic total solar eclipse in April and it looks like it will be almost a week of parties.
If you either have a telescope or got one as a gift in 2023, you'll have many chances to put it to work in 2024 as there will be at least 7 comets visible over Missouri and Illinois. Oh, and one just might be extra special later in the year.
The Northern Lights are a rare occurrence over Missouri and Illinois. That's why I'm always hesitant to mention the possibility as I'd rather not say anything instead of get hopes up and disappoint. However, 3 Earth-directed CME's that will be arriving imminently give our part of America a better-than-average chance of seeing the Aurora Borealis.
There's a brand new photo from NASA that shows Missouri in a way that is quite literally impossible to see from where you are. It's what is known as 'airglow' and it's visible in an incredible photo share from the International Space Station.
You need really clear skies to even have a chance of capturing something like this. A videographer in Missouri picked the perfect night to record a time-lapse video of stars resulting in a brilliant star trail.
I've got good news and bad news. First, the bad news is that scientists have just revealed an asteroid has been detected that's big enough to wipe out the state of Missouri. The good news? Well, it really isn't good news after all. I'll explain.
If you were looking up at the sky for some reason late Thursday night in Missouri, you got quite a surprise. An enormous fireball suddenly zoomed across the sky and exploded on the horizon and a backyard camera captured it as it happened.