This orange sky was no metaphor created by an aching heart, nor was it just flowery words on a page, this was real and true and terrifying, in the most wonderful way possible.

Sunset, Banffshire (Image: Christine Webster) “Blue light doesn’t travel particularly well through the air, which is why the sky is blue," he said. "It gets scattered across the top of the ...

We're now just past the midpoint of astronomical winter — that moment marking the midway point between December's winter solstice and March's vernal equinox. That moment took place at 4:11 p.m.

In addition, the theory may shed some light on the age-old question of why the sky is black at night, rather than gray or as bright as the sun itself. Layzer argues that matter first existed as ...

The moon will appear red or orange as the Earth's inner shadow blocks most sunlight. Michigan sky gazers, get ready for a special sight with a total lunar eclipse coming in March. The eclipse will ...

We also see the Rayleigh effect at play in: -Sunsets where the sky is red. Light has to pass through a larger part of the atmosphere when the sun is lower on the horizon. Red, orange and yellow ...