The short answer to this question: Light bounces off of water droplets and is split into the colors that make up white light. That refracted light is bounced back to our eyes as a rainbow. But let's ...

The rainbow that hung over Scotland’s Kingdom of Fife for a half-hour yesterday stunned me. As I drove north, dark-gray haar stretched up, tumbled over, and rolled around: frozen wisps and bulges ...

There are many words for rainbows in the Hawaiian language. A new paper explains some of the science behind different types of rainbows. Hawaii is in a great location and has the weather for rainbow ...

Rainbows are a unique weather phenomena born from a delicate mix of sunshine, rain and just the right meteorological conditions. They’ve also become a familiar symbol and a beacon of hope for decades ...