The Holstead hovered above the horizon when, slowly, her masts inverted before disappearing in an instant as if she had ...

These celestial wonders can tell us a lot about the state of the atmosphere at home on Earth as well as on other planets.

An optical illusion is a visual phenomenon where our perception of an image differs from objective reality. This image is ...

Earth's passage through the plane of Saturn's rings, occurring roughly every 15 years, causes the rings to appear nearly edge-on. The next such event in March 2025 will be poorly observable due to ...

(WSET) — If you get up with the roosters, you may have recently seen a rare sight in the sky for the Central Virginia area: a sun pillar. We received a few photos of a brilliant sunrise on Friday, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO — A parhelia hovered above the ...

A new optical phenomenon has been demonstrated by an international team of scientists led by physicists at the University of Bath, with significant potential impact on pharmaceutical science, security ...

A new NASA image captures the boundary between Earth and space radiating a warm, golden light—and it's not because of photoshop. Shared by the space agency on Jan. 21, the image depicts an optical ...

A video of a unique optical phenomenon known as a "glory" spotted from a plane has gone viral on TikTok. Heather Reedy, a 37-year-old registered nurse based in Virginia, spotted the mesmerizing sight ...

A unique quantum effect in biology could be the key to understanding a common marker of Alzheimer’s, raising questions about current assumptions of the disease and informing the search for a cure ...