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 ...

MACON, Ga. — Rainbows have stretched across Central Georgia all summer, and here is a look as just a few viewers have sent in. These rainbows come in all different shapes and sizes. It may even ponder ...

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 ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. Can rainbows form in a circle? – Henry D., age 7 ...

Hannamyluv Healther Rhoades/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Everyone has seen a rainbow, and just about everyone loves getting to see the various colors arching through the sky. When the rainbow 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 ...

Rainbows form when light reflects through the water droplets. The sun shines through the raindrop. As it does, it’s reflected back at a 42 degree angle, resulting in the colors that we associate with ...