The sky isn't just blue by chance. It takes all the colors of the rainbow for us to see it that way. It happens because of something called the Rayleigh effect, or Rayleigh scattering, named after a ...

We often look up at the sky without even thinking about it, but when asked why it's blue, many people probably only know that it's due to a phenomenon called ' Rayleigh scattering,' and can't really ...

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 different ...

The sun emits white light, which is a combination of all the colors of the visible light spectrum. That is the spectrum that the human eye is capable of seeing to varying degrees. Blue light tends to ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — You may have noticed vibrant skies Tuesday night after the rain moved out. These colorful hues are caused by a process called Rayleigh Scattering. When we have direct sunlight, ...