Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. One of the first questions a curious child often asks about the ...

But first things first: Why would a planet that's been known to be reddish — even pink — have a blue sky? Scientists attribute the color disparity to tholins, particles formed after sunlight ...

You might think that explaining why the sky is blue would be kind of simple. But even a brief explanation of it requires a lot of science. The colors of everything you see are produced in ...

That's not just your imagination — the sky really is more blue, and all because of science. To understand why the sky is so especially vivid in autumn, you first need to understand why it's blue ...

It's an age-old question and one that any meteorologist hears quite often. Why is the sky blue? It has to do with light waves and how they travel through our atmosphere. The light from our sun ...

Duane W. Hamacher receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Some people think the sky is blue because of sunlight reflected off the ocean and back into the sky. But the sky is blue ...

Murray Hamilton receives funding from the Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith Fund. Most of what is between us and space is air, which is made up of very small molecules. There are also varying amounts ...

One of the first things you learn is that the sky is blue. Everyone knows that, right? But, did they ever explain to you why the sky is blue? And, what if I told you the sky is actually violet?

This science experiment is fun for all ages and teaches the age-old question, why the sky is blue? Meteorologist Isabella Hulsizer visited third graders at Pine Ridge Elementary to work with the ...

One among those concepts is, “Why does the sky appear blue during the day but space looks pitch black?” Doesn’t it really wreck the human mind? To truly get an answer to this, we need to ...

I snapped the photo below from my yard just before writing this piece because it is also the time when the sky can appear extremely blue. Here’s why. In the fall and winter, there are a couple ...