It was around 1870 when the British physicist John William Strutt, better known as Lord Rayleigh, first found an explanation ...

If you've been outside shortly after sunset this month, it's likely that you've noticed one, and possibly two, bright points of light in the sky. Are they UFOs? The North Star or the Dog Star?

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...

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 ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky ... a sunset on the moon. That will all change later this year when Firefly Aerospace sends its spacecraft, Blue Ghost, to ...