If you looked up at the night sky during the past 24 hours, you might have seen a ring around the moon. Viewers from all over the nation and even in other parts of the world were able to see the halo, ...

PETOSKEY — If you looked up at the sky today and noticed a glowing ring around the sun, you’re not alone. That bright, circular halo is a natural optical phenomenon known as a sun halo, and while it ...

On Reddit, users located as far as the U.K. also reported seeing the ghostly phenomenon. A moon halo is actually an atmospheric optical illusion that causes a large, bright ring to surround our ...

Sun halos and rainbows, one illusion is made from rain drops and the other is made from ice crystals. Halos are visible more often than rainbows but can be seen as both a bright white ring and having ...

At least three separate optical phenomena are visible in the new images. Each of which is created by light refracting through millions of perfectly aligned ice crystals in the upper atmosphere. When ...

PETOSKEY — If you look up at the sky on a sunny day, a glowing ring could be visible around the sun under certain conditions. That bright, circular halo is a natural optical phenomenon known as a sun ...

For the first time in almost 5,000 years of observations, researchers have fully cataloged optical illusions created in the sky as light shines through ice crystals known as atmospheric halos. The ...

Night isn’t the only time to see gorgeous things in the sky. Some of the most awe-invoking heavenly phenomena can only happen during the day, when the sun is shining. If you live in a place where you ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

A partial 22° degree halo observed near the Woodlawn Lake area on Sunday, March 19. Photo sent in via KSAT Connect from Taylor Mcclelland. (KSAT) Ever so often, under the right sky conditions, an ...

A blue sky with the sun surrounded by a white circle bisected with a white line and two bright spots either side of the circle. A scientist recently snapped a series of shining arcs and halos of light ...