The sky appears blue because shorter blue light waves scatter more than other colors when sunlight hits the atmosphere. Tap to read in detail.

Firefly Aerospace's first mission to the moon is poised to launch in the early morning hours on Jan. 15. The company's Blue ...

THE Quadrantid meteor shower is set to peak tonight, giving stargazers a chance to see up to 120 shooting stars per hour. The ...

A few months ago, we told you about the stars visible in the so-called summer triangle. Among them is Vega, often described as “the most important star in the sky after the Sun.” But why? What makes ...

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Elon Musk's company saw mixed results today, with Starship's booster sticking the landing while the upper stage failed during ascent. By George Dvorsky Germain Lussier Sabina Graves George Dvorsky ...

Van Gogh’s brushstrokes create an illusion of sky movement so convincing it led atmospheric scientists to wonder how closely it aligns with the physics of real skies. While the atmospheric motion in ...

Ever since its formation around 4.5 billion years ago, Earth's rotation has been gradually slowing down, and its days have ...

“Percolation is ubiquitous in all fields of sciences like physics, mathematics, computer science, social sciences, or biology,” he adds. Percolation, in this sense, relates to what is known as ...

The global crypto market cap remained above $3.5 trillion on Jan. 14 after rising by 2.3% over the past 24 hours. Bitcoin (BTC) led the bullish revival after the crypto asset wicked down to $ ...

The laws of physics do not exist, a theoretical physicist named Sankar Das Sarma argues in a new column published by New Scientist. While we define the laws as the “ultimate laws” of our ...