On Earth, sun rays normally appear red or yellow because the sunlight passes through around 40 times more air than it does when shining directly from above at midday, according to the Met Office.

Indeed, in the cosmic images below you'll glimpse some of the farthest-away views of our humble, ocean-blanketed Earth ever captured by humanity. When we view other objects, worlds, stars, or even ...

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NASA's Parker Solar Probe made history with the closest-ever approach to the sun last December, and we're finally getting a look at some of the images it captured. The space agency released a ...

Today’s photo of the day, “Glorious sky with sun rays shining over Lanai,” comes to us via Rosa Medina. Send your best photos from Maui County to [email protected] for a chance to see ...

The Earth's orbit around the Sun isn't quite circular. Earth is at its closest (perihelion) in January furthest (aphelion) on July. With recent temperatures soaring into the mid 90s, you'd expect ...

Mercury is notoriously difficult to see from Earth, thanks to its proximity to the Sun. But on July 4, Mercury reaches its ...

Among my favorite sky sights at that time are crepuscular rays, or “twilight rays.” You may know them more colloquially as a type of sunbeam, a line of light sent across the sky, sometimes for ...

This week saw a wonderful display of noctilucent clouds across the region as last Sunday evening’s skies took on a dramatic ...

Earth reaches perihelion this morning at 8 A.M. EST, when our planet’s not-quite-circular orbit brings us to our closest point to the Sun for the year. On this day, we are just 91.4 million ...