Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A solar physicist who developed a model of the Sun’s ...

An optical effect of the sun known as a 22-degree circular halo was briefly visible in the La Crosse area this week. The ring around the sun — seen for at least 10 minutes on Monday morning — is ...

Scientists develop new optical system that removes blur over fine-structure in the Sun’s corona, revealing clearest images to date This time-lapse video of a prominence above the solar surface reveals ...

Use of Luxtera's links in radical redesign for supercomputer is a step toward blending silicon and optical technology. Photos: Supercomputers at SC05 Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 ...

It’s sometimes easy to forget that the light in the sky is an actual star. With how reliable it is and how busy we tend to be as humans, we can take that incredible fact and stow it away and largely ...

A sun candle is a mesmerising, rare atmospheric phenomenon where sunlight reflects off ice crystals to create a flame-like beam below the sun.

Bright patches of light, known as sun dogs, appear when sunlight bends through hexagonal ice crystals in high-altitude clouds. These dazzling displays ...

A viral video from Jamtland, Sweden, captures a breathtaking 22-degree Sun halo with vivid sun dogs and rainbow arcs.

When you look at the Sun on a day where there's a clear sky, you normally expect to see a blinding orb of light. But every once in a while, the atmosphere has a bit of a surprise for us, and gives us ...