Sky blue color results from air molecules scattering light. Short wavelengths like blues bounce around more, while longer ones such as red can just wiggle through more freely. Rayleigh scattering was first developed by Lord Rayleigh in 1871. The Sun One major contributor to why the sky appears blue is due to sunlight hitting Earth’s…
Over time, scientists have speculated that Saturn’s rings may not be very old – possibly not present throughout all 4.5 billion years of our solar system’s existence and rapidly decaying now. Every 15 years, Earth will pass through Saturn’s ring plane and this event will occur once more in 2025. The Rings Aren’t Made of…
At noontime, most of the light reaching our eyes appears blue due to gases in our atmosphere scattering it more widely than violet and red hues do. Reason being, air molecules are smaller than the wavelengths of sunlight and shorter wavelengths scatter more strongly compared to longer ones – known as Rayleigh scattering effect. The…
