Rain and sunlight are the key ingredients of rainbows, but many other environmental factors are required to consistently pull off this visual trick, as new research shows. “Rainbows are some of the ...

Sunlight is made up of multiple different wavelengths of light, each of which is affected slightly differently as it passes ...

The higher your vantage point, the more likely you’ll see more of the rainbow’s circle. Chen Hui/VCG via Getty Images The legend goes that there is a pot of gold hidden at the end of every rainbow.

NORFOLK, Va. — It’s not uncommon after summertime thunderstorms to see a rainbow on the horizon. But a double rainbow is that much more special. Made popular in a viral video, a double rainbow is a ...

Marc Weinberg was tagged in this picture on twitter today and noticed something different about the rainbow. Can you see the faint bow lines? Those are known as supernumerary rainbows... Hannah Strong ...

Scientists say the rainbow you see is a completely different rainbow from the one seen by the person standing next to you.

From sacred symbols to colorful displays of physics, local experts in Hawaii seek to understand the natural wonders of rainbows. From a helicopter, you can see a circle rainbow with Molokai Island in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (The Conversation) – The legend goes that ...

(The Conversation) – The legend goes that there is a pot of gold hidden at the end of every rainbow. But is there really an “end” to a rainbow, and can we ever get to it? Most us go through life ...