Some night skies are serene and passive -- others shimmer and flash. The later, in the form of auroras and meteors, haunted skies over the island of Kvaløya, near Tromsø Norway on 2009 December 13.

Sometimes, the surface of our Sun seems to dance.

Sometimes even the dark dust of interstellar space has a serene beauty.

Mars shines brightly now in planet Earth's sky.

Does it rain on the Sun? Yes, although what falls is not water but extremely hot plasma.

Did you see it? One of the more common questions during a meteor shower occurs because the time it takes for a meteor to flash is typically less than the time it takes for a head to turn.