Earth crosses through Saturn’s “ring plane,” making the gas giant’s most iconic feature become nearly invisible ...

That's called a sun pillar. According to the National Weather Service, the optical phenomenon appears as a vertical shaft of light, visible most often at sunrise or sundown. SEE ALSO: Sunshine and ...

SpaceX is about to launch its first private human spaceflight mission in nearly seven months. The mission, set to lift off on ...

Some optical phenomena depend on the quantum nature of light and the interaction of light with matter. Geometric optics and physical optics are models that describe phenomena while ignoring properties ...

Believe it or not, we've seen a few optical illusions in space over the year. Well, we haven't seen them – the Hubble ...

Have you ever looked at a picture for a couple of seconds, only to discover there's more to it than you see? Optical ...

Scientists suggest leveraging an optical phenomenon called chromatic aberration -- that usually degrades image quality -- to produce suitable images with standard microscopes. Quantitative phase ...

Quantum critical points are thresholds that mark the transition of materials between different electronic phases at absolute ...

Physicists at the University of Ottawa add an orbital spin to their laser beams to control the movement of electrons in their ...