MACON, Ga. — A rainbow forms when sunlight enters a raindrop. When this happens, sunlight bounces around the raindrop and changes speed and direction. That's called refraction. These changes also ...

Whether it's Saint Patrick's Day or National Find A Rainbow Day (April 3), everyone loves finding a rainbow - and maybe a pot of gold at the end. I can't tell you how to find a pot of gold, but I can ...

In recognition of Pride Month, which celebrates the LGBTQIA2S+ community, assistant professor Xiyue Zhang answered some questions about how rainbows form. Zhang studies clouds in polar regions. Two ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - This episode is about the formation of rainbows. We will use water and light to make your very own rainbow. Sunlight is made up of all colors, this is called white light. As ...

Sunlight is made up of multiple different wavelengths of light, each of which is affected slightly differently as it passes through the water droplets in the atmosphere. The UK Met Office explains how ...

The formation of a rainbow requires the observer to be between the sun and falling rain, with the rain in front and the sun behind. Sunlight passes from behind the observer, refracts as it enters each ...

Spotting a rainbow isn't something that happens every day. Once a storm passes, you may get lucky enough to witness part of one in the sky. No doubt, spotting a rainbow is a special treat! But ...

FARGO — A rainbow happens when sunshine beams through the drops of a rain shower. Each ray of light is bent inside the raindrops and separated into the visible colors of the rainbow. This process is ...

There are two different ways you can observe water droplets’ optical effects when facing away from the sun into the low clouds (fog and mist) caused by an inversion (when cool air becomes trapped ...

Scientists have demonstrated that negative refraction can be achieved using atomic arrays -- without the need for artificially manufactured metamaterials. Scientists have long sought to control light ...