IOWA — Yes, parts of Iowa really did see a bright pink sky during a winter storm last week. Let's talk about why the special ...

After last weekend’s UFO-like clouds along the coast of British Columbia, the atmosphere delivered another encore performance–allowing many more to experience nature’s awe. On Thursday, a seemingly ...

People across Wales looked to sky on Thursday and saw the usually grey clouds lit up with a pink glow. Particles in the atmosphere can scatter sunlight, allowing us to see certain colours more vividly ...

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Visible light travels in electromagnetic waves, which we see as the colors of the rainbow. Different colors have different wavelengths of light. Violet and blue have the shortest wavelengths, whereas ...

If you happened to be looking up at the evening sky just after the sun went down on Wednesday, you may have spotted a strange-looking pink cloud hovering over the Jersey Shore. Don’t worry. It wasn’t ...

What's the difference between a nimbostratus and an altocumulus cloud? What about a horseshoe vortex or a contrail? This is what Gavin Pretor-Pinney, Author and Visiting Fellow at The Department of ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Miguel Claro is a professional photographer, author and science communicator based in Lisbon, ...

In case you're wondering why the sky over New Jersey and New York City looked so spectacular Sunday evening as the sun began its descent, it all came down to perfect timing by broken clouds. There ...

As the sun sank close to the horizon, skies across Vancouver Island came alive After last weekend’s UFO-like clouds along the coast of British Columbia, the atmosphere delivered another encore ...