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Predicting when the Northern Lights will be visible is something that even NASA hasn't completely figured out, but there is a forecast regarding 3 incoming solar flares that could mean the Aurora Borealis will not only be visible in Illinois, but maybe even be overhead this weekend. Maybe.

The native of DeWitt took part in four space missions.

If you missed the meteor shower this weekend, don't worry. The internet has some stellar videos to fill you in.

Time to lie back and look straight upward at the night sky because this weekend falls one of the most spectacular meteor showers.

If you're a fan of sky wonders, keep an eye on the moon as it's only gonna get better as the harvest moon reaches its peak this Sunday night, October 9.

That's not something you see every day.

A giant chunk of a Chinese rocket that launched on April 29 is zipping around Earth in low orbit — and no one is for sure where it will land. The core of the 22.5-ton rocket will reenter Earth sometime soon and is nearly 100-feet long and over 16-feet wide...

Our local symphony can be so spacey.

31 years ago today, America's space program suffered one it's most tragic losses. All seven astronauts were killed when the space shuttle Challenger exploded seconds after lift-off. I was in Florida, and having waited days to see the lift-off, I decided it was time to go home...

We don't know if astronauts have been complaining about the lack of alcohol available to them in space, but if they have, problem solved.