" width="1200" height="675" /> Have you ever gazed up on a clear day, marvelling at the vast expanse of blue overhead, and ...

Stefan Kim of SciShow explains why the sky appears blue to human eyes due to Rayleigh Scattering, the scattering of light by ...

From Aldebaran to Vega, these gleaming beacons dazzle Northern Hemisphere viewers at various times of the year and provide a ...

"The blue wavelengths of light are scattered, similar to the scattering of blue light in the sky, but absorption is a much larger factor than scattering for the clear ocean water. In water ...

NASA says the sun actually emits energy at all wavelengths from radio to gamma-ray, and most of that energy is around 500 nm, which is close to blue-green ... is high in the sky, shining through ...

The right weather during the fall can promote more intense leaf color production, too, Harvard Forest says. The reds require ...

The sky is blue because the white sunlight is scattered by different angles depending on the color (wavelength) of the photon. Blue more, and red less. So blue light can travel less in the atmosphere, ...

Solar Maximum is nearly upon us, making the next year or so the best time to witness the Aurora Borealis. Don’t miss out!

The massive star-forming complex known as the Lobster Nebula is part of the biggest infrared map of the Milky Way galaxy ever ...

The Rosette Nebula in Monoceros is captured in all its glory, revealing the sites of star formation and the feedback effects ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. One of the most famous ... photons that travel in different wavelengths. Short wavelength blue and green light strike the ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. December’s full moon ... easily through the atmosphere than short-wavelength blue light, which strikes more particles and ...