A strange triangle of light will glow in the sky during late twilight in the southwest this month —, but it will only be visible in inky black, moonless skies, and only during the second half of February.
Zodiacal light, often called "false dusk," is a phenomenon caused by sunlight scattering off interplanetary dust particles within the solar system. These dust particles, comprising remnants from the formation of planets and debris from comets, orbit the sun in the same plane as the planets.
